the vulnerability of empty spaces

Photo of blonde by Lina Bertucci. Agave leaves by Jillian David. Empty signs by Jeff Brouus. Statue is "Laocoon and his Sons" by Gruppo del Laocoonte. Mirror is detail from painting by Jan van Eyck.

Art is aggressive: it attacks empty spaces. When I make a collage postcard, I'm always aware of how each element not only encroaches on the empty space of plain cardboard, the successive elements attack (by overlapping) each other.