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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>This blog is NSFW and consequently limited to over 18s please. All images, unless otherwise noted, were taken from the Internet and are assumed to be in the public domain. If we inadvertently post any copyrighted material please let us know and it will be removed.



Much like dusk and dawn, shades of gray exist between the extremes of black and white.  Some of us have been fortunate enough to come to enjoy the in-between, perhaps even thriving there.  The world at large doesn’t exist in exclusively absolute terms, neither should we.  So that’s what you’ll find here, thoughts, feelings, opinions and images free of the strict certitude of dichotomy. Hopefully you find the gray as comforting as we do.  TTWD has come to be something…illuminating for us both and this is one way we bridge the distance.</description><title>Shades of Gray</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @shadesofgray1)</generator><link>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f2b28f959d44af19956f7420e1d63c1f/tumblr_mj5isreBmH1s6go48o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/51187333871</link><guid>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/51187333871</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:31:36 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>tylerknott:

Typewriter Series #422 by Tyler Knott Gregson
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b5f6762754a402dc82e030289808a463/tumblr_mmb6ciUb1z1qz8rpeo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tylerknott.com/post/51160043832/typewriter-series-422-by-tyler-knott-gregson"&gt;tylerknott&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Typewriter Series #422 &lt;/strong&gt;by &lt;a href="http://tylerknott.com"&gt;Tyler Knott Gregson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/51185491048</link><guid>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/51185491048</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:06:10 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/622bba01c3be6465ed17697d3be6c48e/tumblr_mn86pcc6TP1s38s8xo1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/51185397427</link><guid>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/51185397427</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:04:51 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meh7u0x4f31qkb0lzo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/51185338693</link><guid>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/51185338693</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:04:02 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ab6e224e46b2666951a1af2e1b7ab754/tumblr_miz481FosM1rayazno1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/51185313698</link><guid>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/51185313698</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:03:41 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>thedominantgentleman:

Truth.
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/14a1efbd9a9daff7c9896beaaf7c1a9b/tumblr_mmn05nDx611rkbqbko1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thedominantgentleman.tumblr.com/post/50469468958/truth"&gt;thedominantgentleman&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Truth.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/51185190754</link><guid>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/51185190754</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:02:02 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mab5jzmWwF1qm7d6go1_400.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/51185124580</link><guid>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/51185124580</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:01:10 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6a9e228ac713a38a91c1bb4088b619ef/tumblr_mj3fgrev7r1rjl1lto1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/51184956078</link><guid>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/51184956078</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 19:58:51 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>liasprurienthoneypot:

 
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0f617549c7557a0cd03c262d4de464d8/tumblr_mn9fnz09yv1qhpifso1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://liasprurienthoneypot.tumblr.com/post/51176699731"&gt;liasprurienthoneypot&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://songsthatinspireme.tumblr.com/post/51155622602"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/51184922390</link><guid>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/51184922390</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 19:58:22 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>mmmmm…..</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e5421d9095c3c81bb1bc70773cf337da/tumblr_mm8fjmSRj51rla4l9o1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;mmmmm…..&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/51105745701</link><guid>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/51105745701</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 19:36:52 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a36d89737ec0b401489364a9058857b3/tumblr_mke3u3gI731qgl5swo3_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/91cdc53463a5f3c606755772d98f3810/tumblr_mke3u3gI731qgl5swo2_400.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9f9cef20213638150a2d00196bbd35e3/tumblr_mke3u3gI731qgl5swo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/51096145245</link><guid>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/51096145245</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 17:29:01 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>her-royal-blueness:

I love a man who can turn his desires into...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/224e232690eac0f3e718adfa0bd07fe6/tumblr_mn5vj7LSIv1r3kr4ko1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://her-royal-blueness.tumblr.com/post/51029363817/i-love-a-man-who-can-turn-his-desires-into-action"&gt;her-royal-blueness&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I love a man who can turn his desires into action.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/51029592767</link><guid>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/51029592767</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 20:23:19 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdi70h0IOD1qjn8y4o1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/51028535045</link><guid>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/51028535045</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 20:09:38 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/826456b6d09c783d8d1a93e8aa728b7f/tumblr_mkbppdAeRm1rcvz02o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/51016842658</link><guid>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/51016842658</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:38:26 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>kaganmeister:

Waiting for Daddy. Just like he asked.
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/94aabb3c51cb70047a40c3db3cddee89/tumblr_ml7s2zD5lE1s5g06qo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://kaganmeister.tumblr.com/post/49058044086/waiting-for-daddy-just-like-he-asked"&gt;kaganmeister&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Waiting for Daddy. Just like he asked.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/51016545578</link><guid>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/51016545578</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:34:38 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>My favorite lines are
“Live life like you Love to live and...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/30df9797e1d5ee1e0a095ca6c431113b/tumblr_mmb6ltvfN01qz8rpeo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;My favorite lines are&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Live life like you Love to live and make that life the one you’ve been waiting for. At this exact instant you, and only you, can rise from the layers of wasted time, drive your hand through the sediment and feel the sunlight on your fingers.”&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tylerknott.com/post/50925604099/typewriter-series-419-by-tyler-knott-gregson"&gt;tylerknott&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Typewriter Series #419 &lt;/strong&gt;by &lt;a href="http://tylerknott.com"&gt;Tyler Knott Gregson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Text for Tired Eyes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;At this exact instant on this exact planet&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;there are more people than you, or I, or anyone else&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;would ever care to admit, that are buried beneath&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;the weight of wasted time. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;The shoulds and supposed tos and becauses and jobs&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;and money and requirements and responsibilities&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;add up and pile up and entomb us.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;How many miles separate how many people&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;from the lives they should be leading,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;the people they should be loving and the moments&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;they will never get back?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;The justification of this frustration&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;paints a glossy veneer of happiness over the rust&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;of the truth hiding below it.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;It’s the realization of our encapsulation&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;that cracks the paint and lets the color fade.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;When do we forget the value of what we hold&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;and when do we forget to care about the burying&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;we submit ourselves to?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;Somewhere a much younger version of ourselves is staring into the future&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;raising tiny fists,  clenched into the air&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;and screaming a wordless warning that falls on&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;deaf ears that age has stolen sound from.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;We see ourselves and we see the meaning we’ve assigned&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;to meaningless things;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;we see the imagination running off the pages we painted,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;watercolors evaporating and leaving behind only blank&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;canvas, only dry brushes. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hasn’t the time come to stop this, to put water&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;to the burning of our futures by the flames of our&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;past restrictions?  Has not the time arrived to&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;mix the color in the water and dip the brush,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;dried an atrophied and lonely from the waiting it too&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;has endured?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;Live life like you love to live and make that life&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;the one you’ve been waiting for.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;At this exact instant you and only you&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;can rise from the layers of wasted time,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;drive your hand through the sediment and&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;feel the sunlight on your fingers.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/50936535417</link><guid>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/50936535417</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:49:27 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d216c3e537f38e0f5dadb1eabddf0285/tumblr_mn2eg0Rg0I1qjddy5o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/50856973257</link><guid>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/50856973257</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 18:22:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>gentledom:

That’s the perfect approach.
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e3a60b18e17907af0731710d2c21265f/tumblr_mn1lukSvVu1rp9hfgo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://gentledom.tumblr.com/post/50812619859/thats-the-perfect-approach"&gt;gentledom&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That’s the perfect approach.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/50815033360</link><guid>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/50815033360</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 08:32:21 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6f4d3dd548d8ae2e69e03313c2f9cae5/tumblr_mn0373B1k91qjuse9o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/50735191169</link><guid>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/50735191169</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:54:13 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0149bf35fb182869ea0d2e49dac5009c/tumblr_mmxbg0jMkj1qjuse9o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f522737ed36506804ec653052c26a0fa/tumblr_mmxbg0jMkj1qjuse9o2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/50711335080</link><guid>http://shadesofgray1.tumblr.com/post/50711335080</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 02:17:51 -0400</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
