An Indivisible Whole / February 8, 2024

February 8, 2024

An Indivisible Whole

negative space, positive space
figure, ground
struggle, ease
chaos, order
dark, light
stillness, motion

yin, yang

Upwards From the Earth, Downwards From the Sun and Sky
3.5 x 4.5″; acrylic, ink, and collage on card stock
CutUp

2024 

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   Simone

   February 8, 2024 at 12:40 pm

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   Absolutely stunning. The two dots as the finishing touch. Chapeau!

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      Dotty Seiter

      February 8, 2024 at 1:35 pm

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      Simone, thank you! I made this piece using the negative space that fell as scraps when I cut out the shape for yesterday’s CutUp. Yay for your delight in the two dots—the inspiration for them came late in the game, as a nod to the yin yang symbol which holds a bit of the opposite element in each section.

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   Joyful Puttering

   February 9, 2024 at 9:38 am

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   The punched dot creating positive and negative space is clever. Yin yang indeed!

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      Dotty Seiter

      February 9, 2024 at 10:48 am

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      I lit up when then notion occurred to me! I was surprised to find it challenging to decide what size/shape/placement would work best with what I had to hand at that point in the process.

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   imajenationgmailcom

   February 9, 2024 at 3:58 pm

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   those dots! YES!

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      Dotty Seiter

      February 9, 2024 at 4:47 pm

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      YES! So happy a muse grabbed me by the scruff of the neck, turned me around to look right in my eyes, and proclaimed, “You need dots in this piece, Dots!”

      DId YOU send that muse, Lola??!

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         imajenationgmailcom

         February 9, 2024 at 5:32 pm

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         ha ha! I WISH! But if I could have, I would have! xo

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   Sheila Marie Delgado

   February 12, 2024 at 7:29 pm

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   Just a note, but sometimes the like button doesn’t show up at the bottom of your post. Just one of those weird computer things, I’m sure. (I would click it for every post, lol) I love the simplicity here, and the wonderful marks within the leaves. 

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   Dotty Seiter

   February 12, 2024 at 7:58 pm

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   Thanks for letting me know about the LIKE button.

   Simplicity. The word is such a welcome one! I’m grateful whenever I manifest simplicity : ) I enjoyed giving the leaves some texture here with the simplicity of quick and easy asemic writing.