Radiate: Tristan Mason's Blog » Photography http://radiate.aplacetoconnect.com An ongoing discussion about God, worship, music, the arts, soul care, and much more Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:05:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Negative Space and the Shape of Our Lives http://radiate.aplacetoconnect.com/2010/09/20/negative-space-and-the-shape-of-our-lives/ http://radiate.aplacetoconnect.com/2010/09/20/negative-space-and-the-shape-of-our-lives/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:41:52 +0000 Tristan http://radiate.aplacetoconnect.com/?p=525 In photography and art, there is a concept called negative space.

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Negative Space

In each of these photographs, the negative space surrounding the subject “makes” the photo, revealing the beauty of the subject.

Simplicity (Explored)

What we might be tempted to call “emptiness” actually provides context and balance to the image, allowing us to see the subject in a new way.

rusty chain

I’ve been reading some blog posts Justin McRoberts wrote about rest & the Sabbath. In one he says, “…it’s been the discipline of silence/stillness that [has] given meaning and life to the rest, the same way Sabbath gives meaning and shape to all other days of the week.”

Negative Space

Sabbath is like negative space in our lives.  It is not the day when what is meaningful stops; it is the day that imbues our other days with meaning, giving shape and context to our activity.

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[I was blinded this morning while sitting on this couch, and I saw]

You dwell in unapproachable light,
    and all the forces of night
    flee blindly from Your fiery gaze;

Yet the darkest soul of us all
    (left in tatters by the Fall)
    sees healing in Your gentle grace.

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