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PROMPT #6 — SPACE

In the space between chaos and shape there was another chance.

Jeanette Winterson

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Space: It can be cramped and narrow, vast and far-reaching, confining or freeing. Space, in the physical sense, takes on the characteristics of both emptiness and fullness, and can either be encroached-upon or explored. In the emotional sense, space can be a distancing or a mindset of seeking. And then, of course, there is the concept of ‘space’ as ‘the universe’, encompassing planets, moons, asteroids, stars, black holes, and all manner of unknown frontier.*

PROMPT #5 — BIG

I live by ‘Go big or go home.’ That’s with everything. It’s like either commit and go for it or don’t do it at all. I apply that to everything.

Paul Walker

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Big: It is a word that moves in three dimensions — tall, wide, deep — and applies equally to empty spaces and solid objects. Bigness can indicate breadth (of knowledge, for instance) or vastness (think: ocean), comparative height/weight/age (big, bigger, biggest), or indicate scope (a big project). In terms of largeness, you can have big ideas, big problems, a big budget, or big plans. You can talk a big game, run a big business, or be A Big Deal.

Some of the ways ‘big’ applies in everyday life include:

• Being a big fish in a small pond is being a person with a lot of “bigness” of power relative to the smallness of one’s community.
• Big Brothers Big Sisters is a an American nonprofit organization that pairs adult volunteers with community youth for the purpose of mentorship and support.
• If you do something that has far-reaching or highly impactful negative consequences, it may be referred to as causing (or being in) big trouble.