Open Spaces
- Keren Levi-Faran
- Feb 18
- 2 min read
Some things only reveal themselves when we stop trying to fill the page.
The Beauty Around the Edges
Not everything needs to be filled.
Not every silence is empty.
Not every space is waiting for more.
Some spaces exist so we can finally breathe.
The Art of Leaving It Blank
In visual art, negative space refers to the area surrounding and between the subject.
It’s not what’s drawn but what gives the drawing meaning.
Without it, there’s no clarity.
No focus.
No shape.
And the same is true inside you.
Becoming Without Filling
We’re taught to answer fast.
To produce. To fix. To define.
But the parts of us that feel “not yet” are not voids.
They’re not failures.
They’re invitations.
In positive psychology, openness to experience is a marker of well-being.
It means you don’t need to rush.
You trust space enough to stay.
The Power of the Unsaid
What in my life feels empty but might just be waiting?
Where do I rush to label when I could leave space for it?
What part of me still forms and deserves more silence than instruction?
“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
Viktor E. Frankl
You don’t need to fill it.
You don’t need to name it.
Only to trust that the part still forming is not a gap but a ground.
Some spaces were never empty.
They were just waiting for you to stop and see what’s already unfolding.
You’re invited to meet the unshapen with care.
Download the Unpainted Center practice and begin where silence holds something true.
Not all blank spaces are waiting. Some are becoming.
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