An article came through on one of my facebook groups "Bunny Mellon Style" - most the article was...well...not interesting to me, but one line stuck out:
“She took into special consideration space and light both in the garden and in the house. Bunny Mellon’s motto was ‘nothing should be noticed,’ the ethos that everything should blend together as if God had created it.”
It's worth saying that this is Mellon's philosophy and we're not forced into her mindset.
Over the last couple of days I realized that there's two ways of looking at "nothing should be noticed"
The first is the "well-blended" approach - IOW, what we wear is so in tune with itself that no one piece stick out (nothing is noticed), everything is blended.
The second is "nothing is noticed" - that is, the use of negative space to highlight a particular piece.
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In
my fashion journey the "nothing" ends up being a very neutral,
"nothing" jacket that frames my necklace...or the absence of jewelry to
let the jacket shine.
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Then I found this article on "negative space" applied to life (caregivers as an example)
- Negative space (the "nothing") is the space around and between the subject of an image.
- Negative spaces are actual shapes that share edges with the positive shape.
- Just as important as the object itself, negative space helps to define the boundaries of the positive space and brings balance to a composition.
- Musicians describe periods of silence within a musical piece as negative space.
- Seeing negative spaces involves learning to see in a new and abstract way.
- Negative space is understood by relatively few people, but with a bit of practice, it can help you look at photos (LIFE!!!!!) in a new way.
