Day 15: White
The unlimited possibilities that await a blank page. The daunting task and expectations of filling empty space. All of the potential and yet complete stillness and serenity.
I had an assignment in art school to draw white eggs on a white background using nothing but colored pencils. I stared at those eggs for what seemed like forever until suddenly my perspective seemed to shift. The eggs came alive with color and I saw all sorts of greens, pinks, oranges and purples that made up their surfaces. I saw the whole world with fresh eyes, everything was so much more colorful than I had given it credit for.
I think about that assignment a lot. It comes to mind anytime I meditate on the color white. It is simultaneously nothing and potentially everything. It is what we see when all color lightwaves combine and yet it's colorless. It's all a matter of perspective.
