Mom? . . . What is your favorite color?
“Well, I don’t have one exactly. I like them all. I am thankful for the chance to be able to see them.”
But what colors do you like. . . the most?
Well, on certain days I like red – and other days I like to look at blue. And some days I like how green looks with blue in the background . . . like the trees against the sky. And how the tan sand looks against the blue water. And some days I like how white looks against brown. How snow looks against the trees”.
What color do you like today?
“Black”
“Black? Why Black, why not yellow?”
“. . . Black because, it is a combination of everything. But it is a heavy combination of everything. It looks thick and dark. It looks mean. It looks scary. But when you dilute it. When you break black down, it is a combination of every color.”
So why is it your favorite color today?
“Because I feel like a thick combination of everything. And today, because I choose to be black, and I understand it, I am suddenly not afraid of it”.