I'm perplexed, though, by your application of the term 'negative' to my figural imagery.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm not a negative person.
But in fact if you look at film as a metaphor, only through the negative can you have the positive print. What I'm trying to get to is the positive value of negation.
I don't do negative things.
You must not allow yourself to dwell for a single moment on any kind of negative thought.
No, I try not to be a negative thinker.
The negative side is that sometimes it is beyond control.
Negative thinking is subtle and deceptive. It wears many faces and hides behind the mask of excuses. It is important to strip away the mask and discover the real, root emotion.
The negative is just as important as the positive.
Negativity doesn't help me.
I think there's an enormous value to being negative. The world we live in today, negativity is not permitted.