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BACHELARD, GASTON

1884–1962

The Poetics of Space (The Cathedral as Interior)

Bachelard mapped consciousness onto rooms — the attic of memory, the cellar of the unconscious. CoCA returns the favor. The Cathedral for Art (§3.2.4) is consciousness mapped back outward: the apse for the Concept, the nave for the Liturgy, the office behind the office for the Financial Cloister (§3.2.5). The building is the mind made rentable. The lease is the dream.

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