Not Black and White.

Dr. Stueck often has his classes practice shading. Each year, each of Stueck's classes are instructed to draw a rectangular box that starts at the blackest of black and ends with the most pure white. One partcularly capable student has produced a piece where it is perfectly impossible to differentiate between the colors. The colors are faded with such precision there are not clearly defined colors. At one end there is the deepest and darkest black. Nothing can penetrate or shine through this obscurity. At this corner no white is visible whatsoever. However, as you travel towards the opposite side it becomes cloudy. At this gray phase there is white yet it is not obviously white. It is certainly lighter than the pitch black of before, yet it is still tainted. As the strip fades out, the more prominent the white becomes, as if it has piercedthe surface of the dreary black before. The closer to clean the strip gets, the more encouraging it looks. Finally at the undoubtedly completely white end, the stip is positively gleaming. It looks fresh, energetic, and holds possibility. It's funny how this one strip contains so many colors yet no distinct colors at all. It is of one yet it is comprised of so many differents. It is unclear.