<P> Ma (間) is a Japanese word which can be roughly translated as "gap", "space", "pause" or "the space between two structural parts ." The spatial concept is experienced progressively through intervals of spatial designation . In Japanese, ma, the word for space, suggests interval . It is best described as a consciousness of place, not in the sense of an enclosed three - dimensional entity, but rather the simultaneous awareness of form and non-form deriving from an intensification of vision . </P> <P> Ma is not something that is created by compositional elements; it takes place in the imagination of the human who experiences these elements . Therefore, ma can be defined as experiential place understood with emphasis on interval . </P>

The concept of ma in japanese life and culture
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