1.0The English Affairhttps://englishaffair.com/enYonara Mateushttps://englishaffair.com/en/author/yonara/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="TV2Yl0fxR8"><a href="https://englishaffair.com/en/nothingness/">Nothingness</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://englishaffair.com/en/nothingness/embed/#?secret=TV2Yl0fxR8" width="600" height="338" title="“Nothingness” — The English Affair" data-secret="TV2Yl0fxR8" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://englishaffair.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>https://englishaffair.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/philipp-berndt-5i0GnoTTjSE-unsplash-scaled.jpg15001080noth•ing•ness (nŭth′ĭng-nĭs, ˈnʌθ ɪŋ nɪs) noun. 1. the state or condition of being nothing; nonexistence 2. empty or unfilled space; lack of being 3. absence of consciousness or life 4. complete insignificance or worthlessness 5. something that is worthless or insignificant   na·da How can nothing be so much? Nothingness takes up space. It starts growing into you and then beyond you, to surround you and fill up the room that was once occupied by […]