You're doing great. Negative space is something that I still struggle to wrap my head around. I look forward to seeing the new work.
Hmmm.... good question. Intelligence I guess. The freedom to define yourself, the strength of will of defend that definition and the determination to overcome the naysayers and obstacles in your way. Those things I find empowering. That inner strength to decide who you are and who you want to be and keep fighting to become that thing no matter what your origin and no matter what stands in your way. That is what I see when I think of empowerment.
And it fits well I think. Look where that strength of will and determination, and refusal to back down has taken women. In 1914 women finally earned the right to vote, only in the western states however (it wouldn't be until 1920 that the constitution was amended to grant that right nationwide) and now look where we are 100 years later. How much more freedom and ability to decide their own way that has been earned. It's been a slow uphill battle, and true, full equality is still lacking, and it'll be a long struggle still, but we're close. We may be closer than the suffragettes ever dared to dream.
This strength of will and long uphill battle is not something exclusive to women. It's shared by every oppressed group fighting for equality and acceptance throughout history. Nothing was ever handed out for free, everything was earned by their own strength and will and spirit. To me that's empowerment at it's core.
