negative space ~ how the hole affects the whole

Whenever I remove a section of a quilt-in-progress from my work wall and add to it,  I ALWAYS study the space left in its place. I notice how the negative space changes the piece still on the wall --how the hole affects the whole. Doing this can sometimes take the quilt in a surprising new direction.For the last month I've been working on this without a clue about where it was headed:

I pulled down the top section to sew something to it and was left with this:

AND this:

Wowza! In a split second my split sections were on their way to becoming TWO modern quilts instead of one.

To be continued...