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the space of the conceptual;

the realm of the idea, the unproven truths

no definition, no form, no physical essence —

yet, the space that grabs our minds, controls us, drives us to form expression

that influences emotion, creates inspiration, reveals the mind as a series of networks weaven together

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THE VALUES OF THE AUTONOMOUS SPACE

AN INFINITELY INCOMPLETE INTERPRETIVE DICTIONARY

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FICTION AND MYTHOLOGY

functional critique of or expressions of societies that may or may not exist, which serve as mirrors reflecting alternate histories, or perhaps, visualizes a goal or image that brings us closer to realizing our own impossiblities, perhaps a gateway to the transcendental

IDEAS

the backbone of human ingenuity, the very essence of human thought; one might even call the Idea the most critical value of the AUTONOMOUS SPACE; but to do so would imply that any one value is more important than the other

SPIRITUALITY

the very belief in the impossible itself, the drive to create the divine, or what we imply as divine — not exclusively theism, as spiritualism exists outside of theistic beliefs and religions

SELF / SELVES

the understanding that the SELF exists not as one single entity, but of a series of entities within a UNITARY SELF; the SELF, of which there is one, is the container for the SELVES, of which there are many.

EPICENISM

the origin and nature of human beings, epicenic — genderless — or perhaps, more gender-united — masculinity and femininity existing in unison, unrestricted by colonialist binaries and gender roles; the AUTONOMOUS SPACE unites all aspects of gender into a singular, fluid being, and in doing so, destroys the very idea of gender