Black and White

Black and white are total opposites. Black is the presence or saturation of all color in one place; white is the absence or un-saturation of color in one place. Opposites that totally compliment one another, look good next to each other, and bring out the best in each other just by being together.

Black and white together create a dazzling, crisp image that is considered to be one of the top color combinations in high fashion. Anyone seen wearing a formal tuxedo to carrying a nice black and white Gucci or Gigi Chantel would be seen as sharp, well-dressed, and would garner stares from all nearby.

Black and white is also found throughout nature. Penguins are the most formal of birds in their eternal, tuxedo-looking feather-attire. Zebras display brilliant patterns with their black and white stripes. Giant Pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) would look like any other bear without their black and white pattern. Pin-tailed Whydahs (Vidua macroura), Zebra Swallowtails (Eurytides marcellus), Orcas (Orcinus orca), Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus), Black-and-white Ruffed Lemurs (Varecia variegata variegata), and an astonishing array of other creatures are all sharing this earth with some kind of black and white pattern.

So then why, oh why, can't Blacks and Whites in humans (or any other color in between) get along as well? Why can't they compliment each other? Bring out the best in each other? Why must there always be such bickering and biting and sometimes downright cruel behavior among us?

Yes, there are differences. We all don't look at the world the same or think exactly the same, but that's what makes each of us beautiful. Our differences. When we get along with each other as black and white does so well in nature and fashion, we are striking and eye-poppingly beautiful.

Let's take a lesson from the God-created colors...

Compliment each other.

Support one another.

Peacefully stand next to each other.

When we do, we produce a small, but breath-taking portrait of what God, through nature, is trying to show us.