A school teacher noticed that one of her students was making all his drawings with the colour black. One day the kid got his drawing to the teacher and proudly displayed it to her. The teacher noticed once again that the whole picture was coloured black. So the teacher asked, “What is this?” and the student replied, “Can’t you see? These are black mountains, a black sun, a black river and black trees. As well as black grass and black flowers”.
The teacher felt surprised and anxious looking at his work, and she got worried about the child’s mental state. She decided she needed to do something about it and took all the drawings to the school’s principal to consult him on the matter. The principal shared the same sentiment the teacher felt while looking at the child’s work.
He decided he needed to get the child analysed and called in a psychotherapist to meet with the kid. Upon meeting the child, the psychotherapist asked him various questions, like “Where do you live? What do you do? Who are your neighbours? What are your friends like? What sort of TV programs do you watch?”. Based on his answers, the psychotherapist produced a report and presented it to the principal.
A peon was observing all this drama unfold and, unable to control his curiosity any longer, decided to ask the child, “Hey kid, why do you choose to make all your drawings black?” and the child peevishly replied that he had misplaced his brand new set of colours and was scared to ask his parents for another one. So the peon got a box of colours from the storage room, handed it to the child, and watched the kid make a new drawing filled with bright and vibrant colours.
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