Notes on White Space
Why the empty half of the page is often the most important one.
White space, like silence in music, is not absence. It is structure. The margins of a Pentagram spread, the distance a Kinfolk image keeps from its caption — these are not decorative choices, they are load-bearing ones.
In my own practice I have started treating white space as a material. It is as physical as ink. It has weight, grain, and preference. It can be tense or relaxed. It can whisper or it can shout by saying nothing at all.