Black and White

In black and white photography you have to see differently.

Black and white are merely shades of gray. If you take away color, the pigment that paints a picture in our mind, you realize there are no opposite poles. Black and white are connected through a sea of gray.

At what point does gray become white or black?

Without reds, oranges and yellows to signal heat, alarm or excitement, without blues and greens to signal coolness, peace and tranquility, they all become the same, just in a different value of gray.

You cannot fight an army if the foe has no difference except in the variance of gray.

All land and all water connect. There are no islands of green or oceans of blue. No fires of orange or blood of red.

You cannot take sides because you are made up of black and white. When you turn to the light you are white. When you turn to the shadow you are black.

You hear only the song of the bird. You hear only the words that are spoken. You feel only the warmth of touch. The ruse of color, of perception, disappears.

All preconceived values blend as one.

You must face yourself. Your mind must learn to understand.

We are all the same. All part of one in varying shades of gray.