subtraction

Restraint is the cross-domain concept that unifies the wiki's argument. It is not deprivation. It is the form that attention takes once it has matured — the capacity to withhold, to leave the space empty, to refuse what does not belong.

Selection is the discipline shared by the wardrobe, the room, the ear, and the page. It is the cross-domain expression of the same faculty: the capacity to choose, and to choose well, which requires knowing what to refuse.