Before the mark, a pause. Pressure gathers, then loosens, leaving a white field. I’m interested in what arrives when I don’t fill it, how gravity releases its hold and something lighter crosses in. This is the entry point to grace. Simone Weil wrote: “All the natural movements of the soul are controlled by laws analogous to those of physical gravity. Grace is the only exception. Grace fills empty spaces, but it can only enter where there is a void to receive it, and it is gra
