My brother has a talent for pumpkin carving and lighting them on fire. I, unfortunately, did not inherit this talent. I’ve always had such an issue distinguishing how the light will pass through the pumpkin – what light will be seen, what won’t. I always had the hardest time following patterns to tell what needed to be cut and what didn’t. But I digress, I share this photo because it is 1) totally badass and 2) because I think it demonstrates the idea of negative space and how gobos are used and created. Jack-o-lanterns product a similar effect as gobos – only specific light is shown through due to the pattern cut in the piece. Gobos play more with shadow than pumpkins do, but the principle is the same. The pumpkin is being manipulated to only reveal specific light to create a visual effect. If I had the pumpkin carving gene, I would play around with these ideas more – but alas, I’ll have to make my brother do it.