I’ve spent several days calculating circumferences and diameters for my work at Melbourne Festival next week. No room for any margins of error as the base board has been made smaller than I anticipated. In this case, the margins divide areas; they aren’t peripheral.
So in the grand scheme of things, what is the other side of the margins that I’m moving towards? Is there anything beyond? The Free Dictionary suggests it’s a blank space. Not looking for blank spaces at the moment; all my spaces are full up to the brim. Is a brim a margin too?
Other margins
Watching the paralympics, I have been struck by other margins. The emphasis in the Olympics seemed to be on the fastest, the most powerful and the men’s races. Why is a short race deemed to be the best? The paralympics seems to be about something different. It’s still competitive but there is something else going on too. There’s a wide range of abilities and ages and huge appreciation. I’d like to think then, that disabiltity issues are no longer on the margins but I know that’s not always the case. And then there are gender issues……
