Shades of Black

Many people have heard the saying shades of grey, but in the past years I have learned that there are more than just shades of grey. There are shades of white and more specifically shades of black.

I went out to a formal last night and the number of black dresses there was incredible. I am not a fan of the colour black. I wore a vibrant blue dress and felt as though I stood out a little bit too much. It was still preferential to wearing black though.

In the past eight or so years, black has enroached on my wardrobe in a manner that I had never expected it to. As a performer, black clothing is required for me. Every time I perform, it must be all in black. This has resulted in more than half of my closet holding black. While I was looking at these, I realized that there are so many shades of black. There is the slightly faded sad black, and the midnight black that comes only with new clothing. There are the shades of black that come with different fabrics and those that come in different lights.

On a larger scale, this means that there is more than just shades of grey. There are shades of white and black. This leaves life up to interpretation. It means we can't always see things as good and bad. There is more to life than that. There is a plethora of shades and no absolutes. As much as we want there to be a right and wrong to everything, there isn't. Some days, there are only shades of black.