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Intimacy
in·ti·ma·cy
- the state of being intimate: familiarity
- something of a personal or private nature
synonyms: belonging, closeness, inseparability, familiarity, nearness
“We are hypnotized by solitude, hypnotized by the gaze of the solitary house; and the tie that binds us to it is so strong that we begin to dream of nothing but a solitary house in the night. With the example of the hut and the light that keeps vigil on the far horizon, we have shown the concentration of intimacy in the refuge”
(Bachelard, The Poetics of Space, pp. 37)
