On the theme of white and negative space.
a white square
within it
a white square
within it
a white square
within it
a white square
within it
a white square
within it
This verse conveys an image that is extraordinarily white. A white square appears which is whiter than the one that preceded it. The within it another white square appears which is whiter still. We can say that this series of whites is highly conceptualised, but if we think of white as sensual experience, the poem brings us closer to white's essential quality. Furthermore, picturing white as a square makes its whiteness all the more striking (White, Kenya Hara)
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