228 THE ARCHITECTURE OF
HUMANISM
with it will seem^o assist us
;everything whichthwarts itwill appear impertinent and ugly.We
shall^moreover,requiresomethingtocloseandsatisfythemovement—a
window,forexample,oran
altar;andablankwall,whichwouldbeinoffensiveastheterminationVof a symmetrical space, becomes
uglyat the end of an emphasised axis, simply becausemovementwithoutmotiveandwithoutclimaxcontra-
,.dietsour^hysicalinstincts: itisnot
humanised^Asymmetricalspace,ontheotherhand,duly
pro-portionedtothebody—
(fornotall
symmetricalspaceswillbebeautiful)—^invitesnomovement
inanyonedirectionmorethananother. Thisgivesusequipoiseand control
;ourconsciousness
returns constantlyto the centre, and again is drawn from the centreequallyinalldirections. Butwepossessin
ourselvesaphysicalmemoryof justthe movement. Forwe
make
iteverytimewedrawbreath.
Spacesofsucha character,therefore, obtain an
additional entrytooursenseofbeautythroughthiselementarysensa-tionof expansion. Unconsciousthough'the processofbreathinghabituallyis,itsvitalvalueisso
emphaticthatanyrestrictionofthenormal
functionisaccom-paniedbypain, and
—
^beyond acertain
point—
^byapeculiarhorror
;andtheslightest
assistancetoit—
as, for example, is noticed in high air—
^by delight.'-Theneedtoexpand,feltinall
ourbodilymovements,
andmostcruciallyinbreathing,isnotonly
profound