It’s a concept most often used in visual art. For example, in a photograph
of your dog standing in front of a wall, your dog (the subject matter in focus)
is the positive space, while the white wall behind her is the negative space.
In any composition, it’s hard to have one without the other.
Well, yesterday (in a moment of novel introspection, I guess you could
say), I realized that The Hushing Days is mostly negative space. The entire
story is a study of what is left when a singularly important person is suddenly
cut out of a family’s life.
Oh, I’m sure this has been done a gazillion times before in literature.
I’m by no means shouting “Eureka!” and staking a claim on a concept.
But, the point is, I’ve never done it before.
In fact, I didn’t realize I was doing it until approximately 8 hours
ago.
Now, I can’t quite decide if I should be freaking out and panicking and
trying to fix this or that?
Or should I just fold into some kind of yoga pose and “Ohmmm”
peacefully?
*sighs pitifully*
I’m off to have a cookie. That’ll clear things up.
Until tomorrow…
Chloe
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