Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces
The thought of “finding beauty in negative spaces” intrigues me as a visual artist, a model sinner in need of big scoops of grace, and as an average everyday person – if there is such a thing.
When you think of negative spaces what comes to mind? Cynicism, criticism, pessimism – a lot of “isms?”
I like to step to the side for an oblique perspective and think of negative space like a film negative, which reverses the way I (we) look at things like relationships, community, spirituality, humanity, art and more. It’s the backdrop of everyday life; honesty, truth and beauty gently nudging us to slow down and pay more attention to perhaps what’s an unknown territory to many of us.
A friend of mine said to me this week, “When something is taken away, it means that space is cleared for something better.” Those words my friend spoke resonated in my heart and extended truth, beauty and hope to me when I needed it most.
Finding beauty, unexpected beauty in negative spaces attracts and stuns us in ways never imagined before. Where and in what do you find beauty? Are there negative spaces around you in need of light to reveal beauty, truth and honesty?
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Wow, you said it. So often the unexpected, is where we see the most beautiful. The hard changes in life, seem to birth strength. It is in those places you described as “negative spaces”, that the most real and sincere pieces of us are formed.