Shades...

I was tempted to change the title of this to 'shades of grey,' but I changed my mind for reasons more evident than evident can be...off late, I do feel that absolute truths are absolute illusions, that perspectives are enriched through diverse multiplicity, that shades of black and white cease to exist in a time of sepia-tinted truth...that truth too is flexible, subjective, subject to constant change, a constant flux of right and wrong...the sheer possibility of varied interpretation of each episode I encounter, stuns and baffles me, and yet I simply cannot help looking at the two, or sometimes three (and usually plenty more) sides to every story, of every argument...I do feel akin to a photographer, who dons a different set of lens and takes several shots of the 'same' scene...the 'same' sight, just that once the angle of the camera has been changed, the perspective changed, the whole picture looks altered, sometimes unrecognisable...and I begin to feel that if we could simply look at life through multiple lenses, it might be somehow a little easier to understand the motivations behind the actions of various people, not in a bid to merely justify their actions, but to comprehend their intentions a little bit more...thereby, hopefully, making us more tolerant, more flexible, more malleable, despite valuing individualism and firm conviction...I think teaching GP might have something to do with it...the arguments and counter-arguments which punctuate the ebb and flow of life...