adobe illustrator - Is it possible to change this image to white and make it not look like a blob?

I need this to be white for a water bottle but I can't figure out how to make it work.

this is what happens when I reverse it.

And this is what happens when I stroke. I am fairly new to Illustrator and this is really throwing me off

Answer

Here's what I would do.

Select all. Change everything to have a white fill and a black stroke. A thick black stroke:

Choose Object > Expand and then click the OKAY button.

Click the Merge button on the Pathfinder Panel (Window > Pathfinder not Effect > Pathfinder)

Select a black area and hit the Delete key.

General cleanup: Draw a rectangle with no fill and no stroke and then choose Select > Same > Fill & Stroke. Then hit the Delete key again to remove these "hollow" shapes.

You then have white art with a gap between shapes to retain the overall visual in one color:

_{This is merely an auto traced representation of the artwork. Actual native paths may be cleaner overall, resulting in better final artwork.}