Ma

Japanese spatiality is experienced progressively through intervals of spacial designation. This word is termed ma. 

Ma can be defined as negative space - the interval between two or more phenomena. It is only recognised in relation to time and time's continuum. Ma represents a 'consciousness' of place. It is not a type of space or three-dimensional entity, as the West commonly views it. 

Ma is an awareness within a person of both form and non-form existing simultaneously . This awareness also encapsulates an acknowledgment of both form and non-form surrounding the person in space and time.

Ma can be termed an experiential place, recognised and understood only in relation to time flow.