Gray is how people in publishing describe a page layout that has a lot of text, with very little "art." My pages are pretty gray because i like to talk, and i write like i talk, so subsequently, i write a lot. Anyways, text is still the way to go, at least until everybody has ISDN, ATM, a cable modem, ADSL, or whatever the latest scheme is to increase bandwidth. Oh yeah, and gray is the default background color if you're using Netscape or even Explorer.

So i've been thinking a little more about this whole gray thing. Back when i was still pretty involved with church, i listened to a singer named Leslie Phillips. (Nowadays she goes by Sam Phillips, and her stuff is even better than before, but that's a story for my music page.) She had an album and song called "Black and White in a Gray World." The idea is that Christians ought to be able to see or maybe do, what's right, what's black and white, despite living in a world that doesn't always make it easy to do so.

So Leslie Philips left Christian music, cause she said it was too restrictive. For me, it's probably a cop-out to say that Christianity was too restrictive.* More likely it's just me being lazy. But i'd say that i definitely don't see everything in black and white anymore. These days, things tend towards the gray, with two, or even more sides to every issue. And i'm thinking that if i start making these pages any more honest, then "somewhat gray" is an apt description indeed.

i'm sure i'll have more to say about this later...especially if my pop reads it. >:P

Oh, by the way, while digging a little for Leslie Phillips info, i found this very interesting analysis of the contemporary Christian music industry, and about this phenomenon of "crossing over," a frequently debated topic in CCM circles.

* Oh, here's what Leslie Phillips really said about Christian music. Good interview.


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