The experience of distance" John O Donohue and Cameron Gray

"One of the lonely aspects of space is distance. Each individual is anavoidable involved with distance. When you are born you come out into an empty space. When your perception is born, you create an empty space around you. ... Nothing brings you as close to someone as perception. Nothing distances you more from someone than your perception. The eye is the mother of distance. ... there is an empty and separating space all around you."
John O'Donohue, The Four Elements. Reflections on Nature. "Brother Air"
Image by Cameron Gray, Birthday Boy with Companion