" There will come a day,
when this horror is not the
only color on your palette.

But that day's not now.
And even if this horror
becomes an accent color-
a smudge of lead white
to highlight a cheekbone,
a bit of yellow ochre
the glint on a sword-
sometimes those are the pigments
that change one's perception
of an entire work of art. "

― Joy McCullough , Blood Water Paint