Author’s Note: The Garden Between

In the liminal space between flame and thread, this play unfolds.

The Garden Between is not merely a tale of desire—it is a meditation on transformation. Beneath the dialogue of Goracio and Witness lies a deeper current: the evolution of love from hormonal hunger to conscious union, from instinct to meaning.

In youth, attraction is gormandize—voracious, impulsive, spring-like. Estrogen, testosterone, dopamine, oxytocin: these are not just chemicals, but archetypal messengers. They speak the body’s longing in nature’s tongue, translating life’s will into sensation. Through this craving, life renews itself.

But time softens the hormonal symphony. Fertility wanes, and consciousness deepens. The body, once the stage of desire, yields to the soul. What once burned as lust becomes a quieter fire—connection, companionship, shared meaning. This is not the death of passion, but its alchemy.

Love matures into recognition: the meeting of two inner worlds, each bearing both limitation and transcendence. The beloved becomes a mirror, a symbol, a projection of the soul’s unspoken longing. As Jung reminds us, love is the unconscious seeking wholeness. Our passions are not arbitrary—they are the psyche’s way of healing the division between self and other, body and spirit, matter and meaning.

This play is a ritual of that healing. Goracio, the flame-walker, dances with desire. Witness, the thread-bearer, weaves meaning. Between them lies the garden—not wild, not tame, but sacred. A place where longing becomes language, and touch becomes truth.

Let the garden open.

-- Author.