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Re: Black and White
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Those are excellent thoughts! I like the "clean slate" theory and the "seeing things in black and white!" I never thought of either one. Either could be the reason she showed such contrast in her personal appearance and her living environment. Meeting Kalaya and Maureen began to bring some "color" back into her life again.Samantha Gayle wrote: ↑06 Oct 2020, 18:04 I feel her black clothing symbolizes all of her loss. She wears it literally on her sleeve. I think it's the loss of her youth through an abusive marriage as well as the loss of her sons. She has lost the color in her world, and that reflects her garb as well as her white apartment. The white apartment has given me some trouble as far as what it means. Part of me wants to think it's her clean slate that she hopes to fill with color and life once again. That's she's just waiting for something to bring it back. I also think it's easier for her to see things in black and white because she doesn't have to think of her lost family. Colors and patterns can bring on nostalgia, and I think she tried to suppress those feeling for a long time. A fascinating topic to ponder!
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It seems that her constant wearing of black signifies loss and grief. Her white apartment may actually be a portrayal of the emptiness she feels.B Creech wrote: ↑03 Sep 2020, 13:03 Lena wears black all of the time, yet everything in her apartment is white. I think she wears the black because of the son she lost, and because of estrangement of her other sons; and I think the white signifies hope that one day her other sons will want to be a family again. That is what my thoughts are on this. What are your thoughts? Why does she wear black and why is everything in her apartment white? I would love to hear some more ideas on that!
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That's an excellent thought. It is interesting to realize howt different people view the concept of black and white! I had just always thought of 'white' as hope and purity, but your comment, and others, have been enlightening!plnjimenez wrote: ↑15 Oct 2020, 03:31It seems that her constant wearing of black signifies loss and grief. Her white apartment may actually be a portrayal of the emptiness she feels.B Creech wrote: ↑03 Sep 2020, 13:03 Lena wears black all of the time, yet everything in her apartment is white. I think she wears the black because of the son she lost, and because of estrangement of her other sons; and I think the white signifies hope that one day her other sons will want to be a family again. That is what my thoughts are on this. What are your thoughts? Why does she wear black and why is everything in her apartment white? I would love to hear some more ideas on that!
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Yes! I agree despite her emotional state she was in the color "black", she still wanted a surrounding environment of hope the color "white", to lighten the depression she was in feeling.B Creech wrote: ↑05 Sep 2020, 05:05Yes! I think connecting with Maureen and Kalayla put some "color" back into her life which helped her see her life in a much different way!Catie139 wrote: ↑04 Sep 2020, 18:48 I agree that the black possibly signified mourning. The white I saw more as signifying the emptiness which she felt. It was very interesting that she thoroughly admired the colors which Maureen used to paint her apartment. And equally interesting was how, at the end, she changed from wearing black to incorporate more colors. In addition, the black and white also seemed to indicate her thinking - very "black and white" - no middle ground. It took some significant changes within her to finally be able to open up.
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Yes! And the white was also her unconscious desire to escape the sorrow and pain she felt.Catie139 wrote: ↑04 Sep 2020, 18:48 I agree that the black possibly signified mourning. The white I saw more as signifying the emptiness which she felt. It was very interesting that she thoroughly admired the colors which Maureen used to paint her apartment. And equally interesting was how, at the end, she changed from wearing black to incorporate more colors. In addition, the black and white also seemed to indicate her thinking - very "black and white" - no middle ground. It took some significant changes within her to finally be able to open up.
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This could be true.B Creech wrote: ↑03 Sep 2020, 13:03 Lena wears black all of the time, yet everything in her apartment is white. I think she wears the black because of the son she lost, and because of estrangement of her other sons; and I think the white signifies hope that one day her other sons will want to be a family again. That is what my thoughts are on this. What are your thoughts? Why does she wear black and why is everything in her apartment white? I would love to hear some more ideas on that!
It could also be that she loves black colour.
It could also be that she loves white colour and and black colour both.
It could also be that she loves the contrast between the black she wears and the white in her apartment.
Any number of reasons really.
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Though this might be a bit far fetched. Just imagining here.
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Wow you have a point. That sounds more like it, especially the fact about how her thinking seemed to be in two ends and not in the middle ground.Catie139 wrote: ↑04 Sep 2020, 18:48 I agree that the black possibly signified mourning. The white I saw more as signifying the emptiness which she felt. It was very interesting that she thoroughly admired the colors which Maureen used to paint her apartment. And equally interesting was how, at the end, she changed from wearing black to incorporate more colors. In addition, the black and white also seemed to indicate her thinking - very "black and white" - no middle ground. It took some significant changes within her to finally be able to open up.
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