Live In Contrast: Generation Gap

Monday, December 24, 2007

Generation Gap

I had an awkward interchange last night after dinner. While browsing my parents' digital cable lineup, I saw a Christmas concert that I wanted to watch. Unfortunately, it was on one of the "premium" channels that they do not receive.

It went something like this:

Me: "Barenaked Ladies on TV! Rats... it's pay-per view."

Mom: "What?!"

(For the record, it really was the band.)

3 comments:

drh said...: Ironically, this one should have been pay-per-listen.; December 24, 2007 at 11:06 AM
Anonymous said...: BNL sings Christmas songs?; December 28, 2007 at 8:13 AM
Live In Contrast said...: Yeah, they released a holiday album called Barenaked for the Holidays a few years ago. Good album.; December 30, 2007 at 10:02 AM

On Light, Contrast, and Focus

Focus draws our attention to something and makes it clear. It helps us to perceive what is important and what is insignificant. It allows us to recognize things as they are and to see them in rich, accurate detail.

But focus is impossible without both light and contrast.

In darkness, no subject is visible, so attempting to focus is futile. It doesn't matter how good your focus might otherwise be, without a source of light, you cannot see anything clearly.

We need contrast to provide definition as we attempt to focus. A well-illuminated subject that lacks contrast no longer provides the information necessary to adjust our focus, resulting in a vague, unclear image, void of detail.

My goal is to be a lens through which God focuses His light on creation, showing how His ways live in contrast to our own, in order that I may learn to do as He does.