Understanding Negative Space

 A balance of opposites

"The silence between the notes which make the music"
“a moment of intentional pause and rest before action”
-Japanese concept of Ma

"As above, so below, as within, so without, as the universe, so the soul..." 
-Hermetic Text 200-800CE

“Instead of looking at things, look between things”
-John Baldessari

"What isn't included is sometimes more important than what is."
-Adam Gallari, writer