Perceiving Contrast Brings Pleasure
I learn today how sensitive the human eye is to contrast. In fact, perceiving contrast brings pleasure. We actually enjoy it. This explains why I can’t take my eyes off of my hostas. The contrast of white on green keeps me planted. Or my weeping cherry that now has cherries. That deep cherry red on […]
And There Was Light!
We’re slumped upon the kitchen table. One daughter labors over math homework while the other colors slowly on paper. I’m answering an email, sighing. The day feels sluggish and old, dark and spent. Then, light invades through the kitchen window. An hallelujah chorus of dappled light dances all around us. For days–months–we’ve been in the […]