Martin Filler

Picasso's superhuman gift for draftsmanship might have made him lazy about pursuing the full potential of color. It was not unusual for him to build a composition by first outlining figures and objects in black and then filling the interstices in a perfunctory manner that can put one in mind of a museum-shop coloring book.

American Critic

Stacey D'Erasmo

One of the many pleasures of 'Versailles' is the way in which it seems to emanate not only from the vexed inner being of Marie Antoinette but from the interstices between what we imagine of her and what she was.

American Novelist

Used to describe small physical spaces that might be hard to notice at first glance.

Physical Spaces

Sometimes used metaphorically to represent a gap in abstract things, like an argument.

Figurative Use

Suggests that the overall structure or surface is mostly solid or closed, with only small gaps.

Conveys Closeness

Refers to brief breaks or pauses between activities or events, not regular time intervals.

Temporal Gaps

Emphasizes small windows of free time in otherwise busy or packed schedules.

Busy Context

Highlights the rare or unplanned nature of these short periods of time.

Rare Moments

Specific to the field of geology; refers to small natural openings in rocks or earth.

Geological Context

When used in a scientific context, it may be a technical term unfamiliar to the layperson.

Science Jargon

 who were nonetheless utterly disabled by it. And there were other people who had what sounded as they described it like terribly severe depression who nonetheless had good lives in the interstices between their depressive episodes.

Interstice