The Borders and Corners

 

The Borders are the edge of the Grid – beyond the borders is therefore ‘off the map’. The borders can represent points of entry and exit to and from the Grid – this could mean waking, starting a day and retiring at night, opening and closing a project, or, with a longer perspective, birth and death.

 

All projects which we undertake in life can be said to begin with entry at Point ( A ) a neutral start point on the left border from which the project develops in polarity and power as it progresses, creating a life cycle or trace of the event. The  grid below shows such a trace which records the changing chemistry of a meeting – a negotiation for example – which begins well and moves through various difficulties but recovers to end in success in Quadrant 3 and an ‘exit’ at point B.

 

Corners

The corners represent extreme endpoints of existence:

 

·          Point 4, a ‘triumphant’ realisation of a notional maximum power of positive expression;

 

·          Point 3, a pure positivity without visible expression;

 

·          Point 2, a diffused, utterly effete negativity, a theoretical complete and hopeless passivity; and,

 

·          Point 1, an unrealisable mega-tyranny of extreme negative power.

 

Individually, we find these endpoints difficult to understand or even approach in our understanding.

 

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One of the features of the Polarity Grid is that it defines an arena in which we can plot the trace of our life – it can be a notional ‘day in the life’, or it can be a more significant attempt to develop our own Delphi Project with a serious effort to move to a higher and more fulfilling life path. The Grid still represents a limitation – reflecting the natural limits which are part of being human – but it also invites a speculation and exploration of what it means to expand or move beyond our own personal Grid.

 

 

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