{"id":132248,"date":"2018-12-24T11:00:01","date_gmt":"2018-12-24T16:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=132248"},"modified":"2018-12-20T11:49:31","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T16:49:31","slug":"ode-to-gray-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2018\/12\/24\/ode-to-gray-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ode to Gray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>We\u2019re away until January 2, but we\u2019re reposting some of our favorite pieces from 2018. Enjoy your holiday!<\/i><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_128654\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hammershoi_dust_motes_dancing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128654\" class=\"wp-image-128654 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hammershoi_dust_motes_dancing-1024x982.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hammershoi_dust_motes_dancing-1024x982.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hammershoi_dust_motes_dancing-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hammershoi_dust_motes_dancing-768x737.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/hammershoi_dust_motes_dancing.jpg 1592w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-128654\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vilhelm Hammersh\u00f8i, <em>St\u00f8vkornenes dans i solstr\u00e5lerne<\/em>\u00a0(Dust motes dancing in sunbeams),\u00a01900.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The color gray is no one\u2019s color. It is the color of cubicles and winter camouflage, of sullage, of inscrutable complexity, of compromise. It is the perfect intermediate, an emissary for both black and white. It lingers, incognito, in this saturated world.<\/p>\n<p>It is the color of soldiers and battleships, despite its dullness. It is the color of the death of trees. The death of all life when consumed by fire. The color of industry and uniformity. It is both artless and unsettling, heralding both blandness and doom. It brings bad weather, augurs bleakness. It is the color other colors fade to once drained of themselves. It is the color of old age.<\/p>\n<p>Because I have no style, I defer to gray. I find it easier to dress in gray scale than to think. I buy in bulk, on sale, in black and white and shades between\u2014some dishwater desolate, some pleasing winter mist. I own at least five cardigans in grandpa gray.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2018\/08\/21\/ode-to-gray\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lovers of gray \u201clack the passion that comes with loving a \u2018real\u2019 color.\u201d And yet I yearn for it. 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