TheMeldingofColors

SarethGrunert

Ibelieveingrey.Nothingisdefinitivelybadorgood,rightorwrongbecausenothingiseverthat
simple.DanielleOrnersaidLifeisabalancebetweenwhatwecancontrolandwhatwecannot,
Iamlearningtolivebetweeneffortandsurrender.Iseeblackasanaccumulationofallofthe
colorsfromeveryinchofearth,whereaswhiteisthelackofcolor.Iusethisasarepresentation
ofhumanity,blackrepresentsallofthegoodintheworld,whereasthewhiteisallofthe
mistakesfromignoranceandfear,thethingsdonewithoutemotion,whentheymeldthemake
thegreythatwelivein.Peoplecanbedarkerorlighterdependingonwhotheyareandthe
experiencestheyhavehad.Thepeoplewhohaveexperiencedmorecolortendtobe
metaphoricallydarker,andpeoplewhohaveexperiencedlittleoftheworldandareignorantor
inexperiencedaremoremetaphoricallywhite.

WhenIwasyoungIlivedinaincrediblydifficultenvironment,myparentshatedeachother,
theyfoughtandhadamutuallynegativerelationship.Istillhaveaholeinthedoortomy
bedroomfromwhenmymomtookmeandhidinmybedroomandhetriedtobreakdownthe
door.Ifoundgreyinthefactthattheyhadthecapacitytobebothcruelandkind.Justasevery
humanbeingdoes.Anothermetaphorthatcanbeusedishands:thegoodwouldholdsomeone
else'shandorwipethetearsoffoftheircheek,andthebadcouldbeusedtodestroyorevenkill
someoneelse.Myparentsweresomewhereinbetween.Inotherwordstheycouldbringoutthe
blackorthewhiteineachother,andinthistheyshowedmethetwoextremestolife.

Humankinddoesnthavethecapacitytobeallgood,orallbadweonlyhavethecapacitytobe
human.WiththisIlearnedhowtotryandstayopentotheworld.Withallofitsgood,badandin
between.Ilearnedthemostfromallofthemiddleground,thetightropebetweengoodandbad
wherethingsarealmostindiscernible.AndthatiswhyIbelieveingrey.

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