Most of the time, attention goes to objects, sounds, movement, and whatever is happening directly in front of us.
Then, sometimes, the space around those things becomes more noticeable.
The distance between a chair and a wall. The openness of a hallway. The area between one person and another. The empty part of a room that usually remains unobserved.
Nothing about that space is newly created.
It has been there all along.
Still, for a brief moment, it appears more clearly than usual, as if the room is not only made of things, but also of the quiet arrangement between them.
This awareness does not always last.
It may fade as quickly as it appeared, leaving attention to return to more ordinary details.
But for a short while, the space itself seems to become part of what is being noticed.