In a two-tone black and white image the subject, in this case Rubin’s vase, is usually shown in black and the negative space around it left blank creating a silhouette of the vase. When the tones are reversed, the background appears as black and the subject is left blank causing the negative space to be apparent as it forms shapes around the subject. This is called figure ground.
1. You are the vase.
2. The background is the world.
You can either influence and shape the world or you can let the world influence and shape you.
Smiles,
Wendy