We are big fans of the artist Sarah Sze who has an exhibit at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. You’ll find a photograph we took of one of her pieces at on-emotions.com.
She gave a talk about the show we were able to attend where she made a fascinating comment. Sze shared how a challenge of curating a show in the building Frank Lloyd Wright designed is its large circular airspace that is “empty” and creates a “void” in the middle of the museum.
She explained how her task was therefore to “nest the void” by strategically placing her art in “bays” embedded in rings that spiral up towards the Guggenheim ceiling.
“Nesting the void” … isn’t that a fascinating idea?
At times we all might feel like there is a void in the center of our lives, like the center airspace of the Guggenheim. But what if we perceived such an empty space like Sze does, as an opportunity to nest it with objects of beauty, inspiration, and art?
Completely filling an empty space is likely impossible, but that doesn’t mean a void can’t be transformed.
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