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    A structure of empathy an animal care facility
    (UMT,Lahore, 2022) AFRAH BERLAS
    We as humans have fallen far out of reach with our inner child, the once innocent beings that perceived knowledge and guidance as simple as it came to us. We have become apaths, knowing and unknowingly. Humans were always molded to be empaths instead, but it isn’t mere understanding of these emotions that helps us tackle them. Any human emotion may that be of kindness, care, anger or fear, requires space. Some emotions do not take up full form because they didn’t have enough room to stretch out their limbs. Walking down a road all alone doesn’t feel too lonely when we start noticing that dog sitting at the ledge of the side walk, with ears plopped down, hoping for someone to pet his fluffy head. To build a space where humans can explore their innate tendency to find relation with nature, including our flora and fauna is the base of this project that allows a fresh breath of air to swirl in the hearts of all humankind. This earth and its beings owe us nothing, but it is us humans that owe every bit of our humanity, our sympathy and our empathy to the very beings that comprise of this world. This facility would mimic art and life intertwined with the hopeful eyes of the animals whose life will change with our changed attitude towards them. Learning how to cope with trauma with the help of animals, learning how to be kinder to each other by letting all the oxytocin flow through us, will in the end result in the kind of humans we should aspire to be. By bringing forth ‘A Structure of Empathy’, we in turn bring out the empathy we all have hidden, buried deep inside us.