Dark and light together

I love those rare evenings when a patch of sunlight illuminates the houses across the lagoon from us against a dark sky.  Love, too, the silky texture of the water and the ripples from a passing boat.

It's all about the contrast: we humans love to see things in black and white.  But we have a habit of taking it one step further; of turning it into a choice of light over dark, when in reality we need both to fully appreciate the beauty that surrounds us...