A lesson in yin-yang (how change happens)

Everything in the known universe has two sides.

There is light, but also dark.

Sound, but also silence.

Hot, but also cold.

Movement and stillness.

Form and emptiness.

Abundance and lack.

These two sides are called yang and yin.

Yang is the side that’s brighter, warmer, more active, moving, and progressive.

Yin is the side that’s darker, colder, more restful, still, and status quo.

Yang and yin are two sides of the same coin, so neither can exist without the other. There is no light without dark. No sound without silence. No form without space.

They are mutually-dependent.

Nothing can be 100% yang or 100% yin.

No room is pure light, or pure darkness. In any space, light and dark exist together, and their combination produces an effect, a sum, a third: the glow of that space.

It's a dynamic interaction. Light and dark constantly ebb and flow in relation to each other. As light grows, darkness diminishes. And then darkness grows and light diminishes.

The same goes for sound and silence, movement and stillness.

Yang and yin are locked in a dynamic embrace; constantly dancing with each other, producing endless, changing effects.

This is our world.