The distinction between indoors and outdoors, which in England is usually so marked, was temporarily suspended in a hot gauzy haze.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A hot haze blurred the usual clear separation between inside and outside spaces in England.
- In plain terms
- Heat made the difference between indoors and outdoors disappear.
- What can you take from it?
- Extreme weather can blur physical boundaries we usually notice.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does weather change your space?
- What boundaries feel blurred?
Another view
The haze might be metaphorical rather than literal.
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