Shades of Grey
“Our lives at times seem a study in contrast…love and hate, birth and death, right and wrong…everything seen in absolutes of black and white. Too often we are not aware that it is the shades of grey that add depth and meaning to the starkness of those extremes.”
- Ansel Adams
Today was a day full of contrast.
In our lecture on the Pathophysiology of Schizophrenia, we learned about how people with schizophrenia see a more “muted” world, and can better appreciate “contrast” with their visual systems.
On my walk to the hospital, it was cloudy. On my walk home, it was quite sunny.
My neighborhood is always full of wonderful contrasts. This is one of the reasons I love New York City, and Brooklyn. My neighborhood is predominantly inhabited by Afro-Carribean folks. But today, as I walked my dogs through the park, there were literally hundreds of Hasidic Jews in long black suits and hats singing and celebrating “Simchat Torah.” The contrast of the runners in their sporty outfits, the Caribbean folks drumming their drums with long dreadlocks, and the Hasidic Jewish folk marching in their black suits with tzitzis flapping in the wind brings me great joy.
Different. Yet the same. Shades of grey add depth.
Photo: Taken on my walk home today.