Black and White

Black and White

Decades ago there was a “black and white” clarity to our world. Black and white television proved more realistic than real life. Your imagination filled in the kaleidoscope of colours that were lacking in the background scenery, clothing  and objects of every kind. Black and white newsprint was clear and legible. Not imbedded with small blurred print and runny colour insertions. Radio was black and white. For families who gathered round to hear the distinctiveness of each spoken word, the imagination played the what was lacking. Words are black and white, even if they have multiple meanings. In the past our dictionaries included words that have now been made obsolete by design. Ancient words made the black and white reality of our world much more defined. 

In the yesteryear, television, radio and newspapers were limited in number, not as today where the Pandora's box of media confusion attacks our senses 24/7.

Our social fundamentals no longer include family, civility, order and God. They now include finding righteousness in empty ideologies, sacrificing morals in the waning fortunes of fading fads, substituting fiction and covert intelligence for truth, and finding solace in a computer screen rather than in the embrace of friends or family. 

Even the night-time skies appeared blacker, and the darkness was enhanced by the white wonderment of the multitudinous stars. Fluffy clouds had a dimensionality of white that surpassed one’s imagination, and black clouds, while appearing ominous, slowly returned into the vacuum of invisibility.

Finally, we have the human mind. Curiosity has transported us from a world of black and white into the confused world of colour.  Black and white is not colourless, nor will it ever be colour blind.

Thank you,
Joseph Pede