Corner View : Contrast

I love today's topic from Dana , which is contrasts. I thought it would be easy, but after I started thinking about it, wasn't quite sure! I can't wait to see what everyone else has thought of for this one!

We all know that contrasts are an emphasized difference between two or more things. What can also be neat neat is the contrasts of contrasts.

There are literary contrasts (remember your English lit teachers telling you to compare and contrast ABC to XYZ in your paper?), and there are contrasting ways to even get your lit: a Kindle to read on electronic paper things centuries old, podcast to listen to what's been written, the library to read what's on microfiche, the web to order your hardcopy...

There are color contrasts: black to white, light to dark, bold to subtle. But as with the white post a few weeks back, we know that white paint is the absence of color, but white in chemistry is the combination of all colors.

There are plenty in nature: water to land, sky to ground, night to dark, dead to live, old to young. The old create the young, as when dead leaves get recycled to fertilize the new, or the water that we think is so fresh is hundreds of years old recycled through the rain, ground, oceans, and into our homes.

There are contrasts in people: kind to witchy, funny to dull, happy to sad, sick to well, Mother Theresa to Madoff, lazy to industrious, tall to short. The differences here go on and on!


To see how others from around the world define their differences, check out:

jane, ladybug-zen, ian, bonnie, esti, sophie, cele, modsquad,

caitlin, joyce, ani, kim, natsumi, epe, kaylovesvintage, trinsch, c.t., jeannette, outi, ritva, francesca, state of bliss, jennifer, dana, denise, cabrizette, bohemia girl, isabelle, amber, a girl in the yellow shoes, mister e, janis, kari, jgy, skymring, elizabeth, allison, lise, cate, crescent moon, erin, otli, ida, caroline, lisa, dorte, kimmie, la lune dans le ciel, nicola, malo, vanessa, britta, april, b, kyndale samantha, karen, kristina, goldensunfamily, sophie, janet, mcgillicutty, aimee, sunnymama, jenell, britta, juanita, pamela, inna, daan, myrtille, cris, ibb, jodi, gillian, travelingmama

athena, pienduzz, latisha, clairette, kelleyn, iris, demara, mus, ninja, guusje, di, sammi, theresa, cherry b, victoria, kathryn , lisa, liza, juliette, braja, mulot, anne, lucy, leonor, elizabeth, helene, dominique, shokoofeh, cole, jenna, podane, grey-lemon, line, nihal, urbaNiche, inner toddler, puna, lucylaine, adrienne, emily, lynn, skywriting, eliane, the wanderer´s daughter, carole, anna