Live In Contrast: My tradition

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

My tradition

Today I started listening to Christmas music.

2 comments:

Jeanine said...: iTunes has a 24/7 Christmas Music radio station... I love it! That music helped me make it through the sunny warmer days of December in North Africa. I also love the rainy season - hooray for rain! (Although, I don't think I would appreciate as much as Ike dumped over your direction) I think I will enjoy being in a place that has possibilities of getting snow during the Christmas season for a fun change. (We almost never do get it, but it is fun to hope.); September 25, 2008 at 10:52 AM
bellwether said...: Dude, I know we've been through this before, but you gotta wait 'till after Thanksgiving...; September 25, 2008 at 1:38 PM

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.