The Change: How You Think!

So what really is 'PositiveSpace' you ask?

In art it is the subject that breaks itself from the background.  It is the opposite of negative space.  Negative space is the space around a subject that attracts the eye.  An example of negative space is the light outline of a silhouette.

Origin website! Click for more examples!

The classic: Face or Vase?

Depending on how you look at the image, you will see either a vase or two faces.

The black vase is an example of the use of positive space.  The white space is an example of negative space.

By changing how you  look at the image, you should also be able to see two faces looking at each other.  This turns the positive space into the white and the negative space into the black.

The reasons why you will see one or the other first is based on how your brain reacts to the image.  In short, by changing the way you think about what you are seeing, you change how your brain interprets the same image--hence why it changes from a vase (what I saw first) to the two faces.

Perhaps he said it best.  Thanks for sharing Danielle.

In the same way you change your thinking to interpret two distinctly different images is also the way you can change your outlook on the rest of the world!

Tell yourself to see a positive--make yourself smile if you must--and you will find that you can see more positive than you realized you were missing!  The cup is only half empty if that is how you choose to see it!

How does this tidbit about art and thinking play out in your everyday life though?  The answer is simple.  You see positive and negative spaces around your life everywhere!  See what you already do, change your thinking, and find the positivity you need--whether it be art or turning a negative event into a positive outlook!  Be the change!

Positive Space

For all of five awesome subscribers, you may have noticed a significant amount of randomness of the topics to which I have been writing about.  I'll explain. Kind of...

Delicious Cupcake! And Random!

Sure, it is interesting to debunk doomsday myths on the internet and to research the origins of Groundhog's Day or to photographically explain the process of cupcake making...but how does knowing these reasons have any applicable value?  It's not like you need a cram session before your impending appearance on Jeopardy.

My job search is slow.  Most of the positions I am finding are for experienced producers and other television professionals; only a few are part time entry level positions.  Considering I graduated sixty days ago from my undergraduate studies, I am still very much a beginner.  In the meantime however I am still working part time as well as writing here.

I think that I am trying to productively occupy my 'free' time.  Being the random person I am, random topics seem to suit me.  Being the intelligent person I strive to be, meaningful content is my goal.  

All this being said, I would like to take this opportunity to push my blog into an actual and (hopefully) meaningful direction.  I will now delve into the world of 

PositiveSpace!

I hope you will join in my exploration of finding all of the positivity I can find in life :) 

The Second of February

How will you celebrate February

Second?  I can't say I will kiss a
groundhog?  How about you?

Groundhog Day: The day where a semi cute round furry brown thing with big teeth unborrows itself to determine whether or not winter has ended.  February second has a number of other meanings too!

February 2 is the thirty-third day of 2012.  Since this is also a leap year (yay! I get a half birthday!) there are three hundred thirty three days remaining in 2012.

Groundhog Day is a holiday listed on most calendars in the United States and Canada.  In kindergarden it is a big celebration.  In 1993 Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell stared in a movie of the same name that is undoubetly being aired on a number of cable channels today (admit it--this makes you happy).  In Punxsutawney (a borough in southeastern Pennsylvania) there is a large celebration--expecting over 40,000 people--taking place!



What does February 2nd mean to you though?  According to the folklore story you (most likely)grew up with, if the groundhog sees its shadow (as happened today in Punxsutawney) then there will be six more weeks of winter.  If the groundhog comes out of its burrow to a cloudy day then spring will arrive early!

There are even books about it.
Find this book at Amazon!

In other parts of the world, February 2nd is a day to remember for other reasons. 

     ~Portugal celebrates The Candelária Day on

       February 2nd

     ~England fought the Battle of Mortimer's Cross as a

       part ot the 1491 War of the Roses

     ~Grand Central Terminal opened in New York City in

       1913 (I know--not really another part of the world)

Regardless of how you spend this lovely mild and sunny Groundhog Day, I hope it is a great day for you!  Tell me how you enjoyed Groundhog Day in the comment box below!

FREE Things To Do When You Are BORED!!!

You have lots of homework. It isn't due tomorrow though. You need to clean you room...but don't feel like picking the clothes up to do the laundry.  You have seen all the re-runs on tv...on more than one occasion. You would go out with friends...but your cash supplies are running low.  You have been trolling Facebook for hours...and your friend's lives are no longer entertaining. Admit it--we have all been there. You are B-O-R-E-D!

Bloons Tower Defense 4.
Sooo many Sun Gods!

If you are in such a predicimate today, lets find the positivity in your excess of time!  Please feel free to borrow from my list of ideas below!


1. This could be an excellent opportunity to catch yourself up on the latest flash web games!  I happen to like playing with the super monkeys in Bloons Tower Defense!  You can find the game by asking Google or at http://www.bored.com/.  Bored.com is FREE site FILLED with HOURS of entertainment!  Another option is http://www.pogo.com/ where you can play a number of FREE games with other actual people!  You should check out the online Monopoly! 

This is my choice of Blog homes!

2. As a second method of entertaining yourself, you could start your very own blog like me!  Blogger is an excellent, FREE, way to spend your time.  You have lots of other options too--Tumbler, Twitter, Wordpress, Weebly, Thoughts...the list goes on!  At any of these sites, you have the opportunity to tell the world about anything you want to!  Do you have a special hobby?  Are you just a random person like me with many random interests?  A blog may be the perfect option to fill the empty time in your life.  Gain a following and it will be even more fun!

I like number 4!

3.  The obvious bordom solution--take the time to do the things for yourself that you never feel like you have time to do!  Get a haircut, have your nails done, enjoy a relaxing bubble bath, write your parents a random thank-you note for everything they do for you.  Do something from your To-Do list that has been there for a while!  And most importantly...have fun with it!

4.  You need to be home to do the following activities--but I PROMISE that ALL of these ideas will have a potential usefullness or entertainment factor!  The are not all absolutely free (depending on what you have at home) but try them anyway!

Decorating cupcakes and cookies
takes time and is fun! Be Creative!

          1. Watch TV on mute.  Make up your own

              storyline and dialogue!

          2. Plan a fun outing with your friends for the

              upcoming weekend!  Get everyone involved--

              perhaps a scavenger hunt?

          3. Cook a new concoction based on the food you

              already have in your cupboards! (Asking

              Google can help with your creativity)

          4. Bake COOKIES!!!  Or CUPCAKES!!!
          5. Take everything in a room and rearange it! 
              You'll be amazed what you will have forgotten
              you had!  It is a great opportunity to donate
              old things too!

I hope you found at least one fun or useful thing to do here!  Let my other readers know what else you like to do by leaving a comment below!

Is 2012 the End of The World?

Planet Earth

Expiration Date: Possibly 12/23/2012 ?

With the end of January, we have officially elapsed one-twelfth of 2012.  Depressing, right?  Numerous predictions have been made about end of the world scenarios for 2012, including a break-up of the continents, a change in the Earth's polarity, Planet X or a giant meteor crashing into Earth, as well as the supposed prediction by the ancient Mayans calendar.  The way I see it, nothing happened at the millennium change with Y2K, so I have serious doubts that the world will actually end in December of this year. 

I am not the only person (obviously) to have doubts that the world will end by any of the numerous myths.  Both NASA and National Geographic have released statements on the web about these myths. 



As showin the the movie 2012, a city is being
taken into the sea as a part of an apocolypse.
Image courtesy Columbia Tristar Marketing Group

1.  A change in the earth's polarity is one of the numerous end of the world scenarios currently circling the internet.  NASA provides a very logical response, saying "Our planet has been getting along just fine for more than 4 billion years, and credible scientists worldwide know of no threat associated with 2012."  Now while many other websites about the supposed end of the world quote themselves to have support by credible scientists, I feel as if NASA will have access to the most credible of all credible scientists.  I mean, they sent man to the moon and all--that couldn't have been a fluke!  NASA also addresses the polar shift theory.  There is evidence to prove that the Earth has previously shifted it's polarity, but the shift took millions of years!  Consider this theory debunked! 

A graphical representation of what we
imagine the original supercontinent
of Pangea looked like.
emingpiansay.com

2.  Pangea is the supercontinent we all learned about in second grade science class.  You should remember that the shifting of the continents took millions of years too!  I can't find verification, but I think that I was once given a comparison that continental drift is approximately the speed of finger nail growth.  That is pretty slow.  Sure...their may be a new super continent that will form on the earth again, one day, but I'll trust that the general public would be made aware if a catastrophe is quickly impending (that is if it could be predicted).  It's not like the movie 2012 is a reality and seats to survive the apocalypse are being sold to the richest people on earth!

 

Is this what it would look  like if
a giant meteor hit earth?
www.sciencephoto.com

3.  Countless movies have depicted planets or meteors crashing into the earth--Armogedden, Deep Impact, Asteroid, Without Warning, etc.  Small metors regularly hit the earth--aka shooting stars or metor showers--these small meteors are able to burn almost completely before hitting the ground.  Rumors have circled the internet that this exact scenario will happen this year.  Is is actually possible for a larger meteor or a planet to crash into the earth? Probably.  Is it going to happen by the end of the year? I sincerely doubt it.  NASA tells us that if "Planet X were real and headed for an encounter with the Earth in 2012, astronomers would have been tracking it for at least the past decade, and it would be visible by now to the naked eye." Do you see anything moving visibly closer to the earth? I don't either.  Therefore I'm willing to believe that NASA is giving us credible information.

A sample of what the

Mayan Calendar looks like!

december2012endofworld.com

4.  Now, the Mayans on the other hand may have a schred amount of truth to their supposed end of the world prediction.  However, I still don't think it is enough evidence to cause any panic.  The ancient Mayans created a calendar.  Then calendar as has been found/studied ends in December of 2012.  It is not a calendar like the ones we use today.  As National Geographic tells us, the Mayans used a 'long count' calendar which is "1,872,000 days or 5,125.37 years" long.  After such a time elapses, the Mayans believed a new era would be born--similar to our out with the old/in with the new New Year traditions.  The long count of the Mayan calendar simply ends at the 2012 winter solstis, where if the Mayans were still around, a new long count calendar would emerge.

Special thanks to my online sources:

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/11/091106-2012-end-of-world-myths.html

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/441211/Pangea