Kate's Blog on Health & Spirituality

The current social media buzz is about how each of us perceive and see the color of the same dress. I believe it is called ‘dressgate’. This exercise stirs thought to question the validity of what we see with our eyes, hear with our ears and understand to be true. Steven Salt, a spiritual explorer, blog writer and colleague, shares his experience and a possible explanation of this phenomena. Join me and read what Steven has discovered-it is eye opening!

Or is it? Perhaps things are not as black and white (or gold and white in this case) as we sometimes think.

The echoes of #dressgate continue to reverberate throughout social media. My son and I were sitting on the couch when he showed me the picture, on his phone, of the now infamous dress. He asked what colors I saw. I suspected a trick question, but answered truthfully, black and blue. It was obvious.

My son laughed skeptically and informed me he saw a gold and white dress. We checked with my wife who saw a gold and silver dress. Same picture, three different perspectives. What’s going on?

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Kate is interested in blogging about the impact of prayer and spirituality on our health from her experience as a Christian Science practitioner. She is the media, legislative and public contact for Christian Science in the state of Maryland. Contact Kate on Twitter: @CscomMaryland, on Facebook: Kate Johnson CS, or email: maryland@compub.org.