Aspiring Paranormal Romance Writer

Wearing black

A lot of people, especially your everyday Joe and Jane, young and old, would naturally shy away from those who appear different from themselves. So when they meet people who dress differently, especially those who love to wear black, they would automatically think there’s something wrong with them. Even worse when a person adds punk or gothic touches. When they see people with dyed black (or any unnatural color) hair, black lined eyes, pale skin, tall platform boots and black clothing, they see a group of monsters or very picture of evil. It proves that as a group of people, people can become judgmental and paranoid of anything different, hence, the word “xenophobia”. But they don’t realize that a group of people wearing all black is just like them — regular people who go to school or work, have personal problems, experience joy and sadness just like them. It’s all about stereotypes, labels and categorization. We need to look beyond these and stop being shallow. Nothing on the outside reflects what’s on the inside. Don’t judge a book by its cover. Just because a regular Joe wears a gray business suit means he’s a good fellow and is the responsible one when he could be your nightmare ax wielding murderer. You never know. Just because the person is an Arab doesn’t mean he’s one of the terrorists or support the Taliban regime. That’s where problems come from — our attitudes toward each other. Get to know your fellow first before you make an assumption about him or her. Set your sights on total truth, not being clouded by your confusion or fear.

For me, wearing black is a testament about how I feel…I’m sensitive towards certain things and causes that sadden my heart such as pure malice, hatred, judgmental attitudes, war, suffering and death that occur all the time in this world. Black suits me because it represents bleakness because many people will die not knowing Jesus, the light of the world who brings hope and peace in the spirit and heart. In addition, I’m an artist growing up so black color is just one color in the rainbow palette. Black is one of the colors the Creator chose to paint this world. Look at night time. It’s painted black albeit stars and moon. Look at our world’s creatures — the penguins, the black cats, panthers and jaguars, the killer whale and so on. They wear color black yet they’re not the faces of evil as you think. But the LORD said to Samuel, ‘Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the LORD does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.’ (1 Samuel 16:7). You get the idea. I think black color is a powerful and dazzling hue that stands out and I feel comfortable in it. As a goth, black is the color of elegance and artistic. It also represents my passion for gothic architecture, literature, European history, vampires, arts, beauty of romance, tattoos, and graveyards. Night time happens to be my favorite time of the day. I love stars and moon. They dance with beauty, the final touches left behind by Creator’s hand. So wearing black is just a part of my wardrobe but none of those mentioned above affect my love for Jesus.

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