"A Piece of Chalk" by GK Chesterton, was a reading that struck a familiar chord with me. Reading how the author's quest was to draw pictures on brown paper and only brown paper, at first made me think of brown paper bags. They have a coarser texture than white paper, and therefore, grab onto the drawing medium with fervor, making it more fun to draw on.
Awakening to the fact that the only chalk not available, but the one needed, was white. The author's description of white after not having white, but needing white, rang so true. Yet, by definition, white is often defined as the absence of color.
There is a children's book about a family who is looking for the perfect home for them. One member of the family wants a yellow house, another wants red and so on. As they look for the perfect home, they come upon a white home and suddenly, they realize that is the perfect home for them. After spinning a color wheel, they see how all colors become white. Which explains why they were all satisfied with a white house.
"God paints in many colours, but he never paints so gorgeously. . . . as when he paints in white." Is that why so many temples, his home here, are white?
I like how you've written about white being a significant color, than it just being "the absence of color." I find that interesting, especially with us as Latter-day Saints and having our Temples white. For us it's not "the absence of color", but symbolic for being pure and worthy for baptism and temple work.
ReplyDeleteI can't adequately comment, but I appreciate your insight. Food for thought.
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