What Really Matters?

Positive space versus negative space. It's what all artists struggle with. It's the difference between scientific writing and poetry. One reads what is printed, the other reads between the lines.

When Einstein proposed this famous E=mc2 in 1905, he shocked everyone. The amount of energy stored inside a single atom seemed impossible. The mass of an atom is the sum of its protons, neutrons and electrons...all of which comprises less than 1% of the volume of that atom. The other 99% is just empty space, right?

What is not visible to our detectors does not equate to nonexistence. The negative space matters...and it matters a lot. What lies between the protons and the electrons are what holds everything together. It's what makes our bodies feel solid. It's what holds the planets in their orbits. It's where our subconscious and super-conscious lives. The matter we can detect with our senses are not what really matters. It's the other 99% that really matters.

Both read the Bible day and night, but thou read black where I read white.
- William Blake