The infinite and the unchartered

Mystery and labyrinth, complex streets, anonymous walls, secret luxury. 

Secrecy of these houses without windows on the street. The windows and doors open on the patio. The patio has a fountain and lovely plants. There is a labyrinth design in the arrangement of the garden. Bushes are placed to form a puzzle, so you might get lost. 

They love the feeling of being lost. It has been interpreted as a desire to reproduce the infinite.

Fez: one sooner or later comes upon a city which is an image of one's inner city. Fez is an image of the inner self. 

This may explain my fascination for it. Wearing a veil, full and inexhaustible, labyrinthine, so rich and variable. I myself get lost. 

Passion for mystery, the unknown. And for the infinite and the unchartered.

The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Volumn II (1934-1939)

Anaïs Nin

Transcribed from audio: Essential Anaïs Nin, read by Anaïs Nin (Caedmon)