If we but only allow them
~
Abstract spaces can be filled up with such joy and imagination
~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~
With the many idiosyncratic,
peculiar tomfoolery and frolicking of youth ~~
🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️
those which paint magnificent canvases of memory.
⛷️🤺
I remember when the little ones were everywhere...
under your feet--------writing, drawing on the walls
🛝 trips to the playground
🛝 oh how much fun we all had
Ah, yes...they made terribly awful messes and never bothered
🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️ to clean up behind themselves
They were inquisitive...and trespassed where they were forbidden...but they filled up all of the empty spaces when we went for walks, and talked, learning their letters and their numbers...
🌿🌿🌿 and growing like weeds
Time flew by so fast
Then they all grew past the spaces...
Became teenagers.
Now they all hibernate like bears...hardly ever seen
Locked away in dark smelly dungeons
On their phones...with their technological companions
annoyed when you knock on their door
Sometimes they forget to eat...or shower, or wake up for deadlines--------
They pass by in a great hurry, going to and fro...still, when you do see them
👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾 they remember to say Hi....
and then the spaces don't feel quite so distant
For that, I feel blessed.
Yet, its the in-between the negative spaces the unspoken words the unfilled lines
in between where positivity and activity once thrived which can make one feel
the emptiness!
I try not to feel...alone
but it's hard
I remember when I was growing, I never gave a thought to how my ignoring of the empty spaces affected those around me.
How I must have left negative spaces too!
But, now I feel it...
and I know ---------
It's just a part of growing into oneself...
Finding oneself..................
It is just ......... The Evolution of the species.
Negative spaces are relative to life and living
Yet...A sense of Zen may be found...
within the change and silence of it all
For Yes....negative spaces can be abstract too
not just a backdrop, but a participant in life's composition.
It can create a sense of balance, harmony, and visual flow,
guiding the viewer's eye and influencing the emotional.
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We may manipulate the negative space,
life's art evoking emotions,
from calmness to chaos...balancing the elements .
This interplay between positive and negative space
fosters a sense of harmony
both calming and invigorating,
negative spaces can be a powerful tool
filling the abstract, the ritualistic
and artistic moments of our lives..
About the Creator
Novel Allen
Existing in mist and shadow. Neutrally Abstract.
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