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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

"Mind The Gap"

Development is movement from one place to another. Some see this movement as postive or negative. Communities can be seen as people on a platform. Some know each other, some dont but there is a sense of 'community', a sense of togetherness, a sense of purpose. To go somewhere or to observe others going somewhere. Some know exactly where they are going, some don't. Some choose to go where they are going some have to go. Some are in a hurry and some are relaxed and have all day. The train is development, driven by the architects of change. The drivers are unknown but what is know is that there is a driver. People get onto a carriage and leave their motivations in the gap as they get on. When they enter the carriage they are met by others already there. They then form a new 'community'. Whilst this community is physically constrained within the carriage they are still communicating with the world outside via internet or their phones. Some get off, some wait until the end of the line, some even choose to get out and then jump in front of the next train. What is interesting to me though is not all the conversations or the destinations that people reach but that energy that is used by every individual when they make a decision to move from one point to another. If we understand this gap this space between where this energy lays we will see the successes and failures of individuals and communities both past and present. Mind the Gap!

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