🌈 Reality is a spectrum
The universe is not black and white.
Reality is ultra-colourful.
One of the surest ways to disconnect from reality is to choose binaries as your model for understanding.
In/Out
Us/Them
Good/Evil
Truth/Lies
There are an infinite number of points between any of those extremes. And funky mashups too:
It is possible to lie while stating nothing but facts.
It is possible to illuminate the truth with made-up stories.
Every loathsome person is infinitely more complex than the things they are hated for. Every issue over which we divide us into opposing sides spewing vitriol across battle lines is rich with nuance.
The fact that this is an unpopular and unfashionable thing to say does not make it any less true.
Seeing colour, nuance and complexity does not need to result in inaction. It can result in more generous, more creative, more effective action.
When everyone is screaming in black and white, look for the colour.
Glastonbury afterglow keeps glowing: Idles’ set is a thing and a half. this song is the merest taste.
Grow slowly
Jeff
What’s real to me may not be to you. And I’m okay with that✌🏽