Color

When an artist decides they want to create a painting, or an illustration they start with a white piece of canvas or a white piece of paper called Bristal Board. If we were to leave this canvas or Bristal Board and do nothing to it, it would remain white which is the absence of all color. Once we add color it grows into something special. It speaks to us with vivid imagination, style, and beauty. With the use of many colors the viewer feels tremendous emotion, a deeper connection to the subject matter, and feels joy, or an inquisitive spark of energy that awakens their mind. If we didn't have color what would our world be like, or what would the earth look like, even worse what would we look like?

What I'm getting at with this analysis, is there is a growing unbalance in our country which by the way has been reffered to as "The Melting Pot" with a prejudice attitude about peoples color. This trend seems to be infiltrating into the Media, Performing Arts, Politics, and the Film Industry.

When we look at another person what is the first thing we notice? Their eyes, mouth, hair, features, expression, height, size, walk, figure, what? Do we look at their color? Ahh if we do that then that's not fair, because we're not seeing the real person. In a matter of seconds our brains have already processed pieces of information as to the physicalities of that person. If we have long enough our brains then start to imagine all sorts of crazy thoughts about that person. 
Not fair!
What about the soul of that person can you feel that? Probably not, but that person has a soul he or she wouldn't be here if they didn't. 
Do we have to know about the soul of that person? Come on give me a break! Probably not, but the core is the center of a persons soul. It radiates outwardly and we feel something immediately usually through eye contact in one split second of a glance. 
Then where does prejudice and judgement come into play here? In one split second why would color even be an issue. Are we already programed, or is information embeded so deep within our subconscious that within an instant like an alarm going off "Different Color!!!"

If we didn't have color our world would be boring, plain, lifeless, and depressing. Color adds beauty, contrast, shadows values, shades and hues. When you mix colors they blend and become new and different colors. Colors bring interest, diversion, and uniqueness to our world and withour color I'm afraid our brains couldn't possibly comprehend such a tragic loss. So as with any painting or illustration they all have a different story, their colors enlighten, inspire, shape and define the very core or essence of their individual beauty.

Humanity in the 21 century I would like to compare to as a fine art painting or illustration. Every person is uniquely different, they all have a story, and each and every person is like the broad stroke of a paint prush or a Prismacolor pencil line with a distinct purpose in mind. The colors blend and come together in unison to create magic! All in one split second of a glance...