Friday, 27 February 2015

WHAT COLOUR IS THE DRESS

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT UP IN THIS WEB THAT IS SOCIAL MEDIA, THEN YOU HAVE PROBABLY ASKED OR HEARD ABOUT THE BLACK/BLUE AND GOLD/WHITE DRESS.

IT HAD LITERALLY BECOME AN ARGUMENT TODAY. PEOPLE WOULD OUT THEIR PHONES WITH THEIR AND ASK, 'WHAT COLOUR IS THIS DRESS?' AND WHEN SOMEONE WOULD SAY COLOURS THAT THEY HAD NOT SEEN, THEY WOULD ARGUE OUTRAGED - NO, YOU ARE COLOUR BLIND, IT IS DEFINITELY BLUE AND BLACK.  IT HAS BEEN A FUNNY DAY; PEOPLE WERE HUDDLED IN GROUPS ARGUING ABOUT THE COLOUR OF A DRESS. 

I AM THINKING, ISN'T IT QUITE INTERESTING THAT PEOPLE DO NOT SEE THE SAME THING? WHEN I WAS READING OF MICE AND MEN, CROOKS SAID SOMETHING ABOUT HOW A GUY GOES CRAZY ALONE BECAUSE THEY DO NOT KNOW IF WHAT THEY SEE IS WHAT IS THERE, BUT WHEN THERE IS TWO PEOPLE, IT CAN BE CONFIRMED; HOWEVER, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WHAT IS REALITY?

OKAY, SO I SEE THINGS IN MY WAY, BUT IF PEOPLE CANNOT EVEN CONCLUDE WHAT COLOUR A DRESS IS, WHAT IS THE ASSURANCE THAT THEY CAN SEE WHAT I SEE THROUGH MY EYES?

WHAT IF NOTHING THAT YOU SAW EXISTED OUTSIDE OF YOUR VIEW? WHAT IF SOMEONE ELSE SAW SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT? YOU MAY BE THINKING, HOW CAN THAT HAPPEN. BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN 'OBVIOUSLY' SEE THINGS. I MEAN, IF THERE WAS A BIG RED BUS, SOMEONE ELSE WOULD SEE A BIG RED BUS, RIGHT? YEAH, I SUPPOSE SO. 

BUT WHEN THINGS ARE A LITTLE LESS 'OBVIOUS?' THE PICTURE BELOW, IS IT A RABBIT OR DUCK? SOME PEOPLE WILL SEE A RABBIT, OR A DUCK OR BOTH. THEN, WHO IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS ACTUALLY THERE AND HOW DO YOU KNOW? 


IT IS QUITE COOL. I REMEMBER THAT WHENEVER I AM FEELING SELF CONSCIOUS OR STUPID OR LIKE I AM NOT GOOD ENOUGH, I REMEMBER THAT OTHER PEOPLE DO NOT SEE THAT SAME THING WHEN THEY LOOK AT ME.  

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