Black and White

For some reason, both of these projects really made me think about the concept of black and white--dark and light--presence versus emptiness, etc. I took a picture of both of the projects together, and I though they looked pretty neat.

I think there is a lot of meaning in the grid project, as what you create by either filling in (or not) can depict something larger. The concept of size is also challenged as smaller boxes can ultimately make up larger boxes.

The Xerox images intrigued me because of the outstanding difference in what was closer and further to the Xerox machine, when I was actually copying. Light means a great deal in this project (as well as dark) as it determines what is highlighted and what is hidden.

Gray is often lacking or overlooked with such extremes of black and white. I think the mind's eye's tendency to look to classify merely black or white can be easily related back to the way we view race in this country. On the same note, it's interesting that once we entirely eliminate color (that which we are not supposed to pay attention to in regard to one's race), we are left with only black and white (which, ironically, more accurately depicts the way we view race).