Was that one of the games in "Highlights?"
As I do research on navel (also known as Washington Navel and Bahia) and blood oranges, my mind is wandering into the world of compare and contrast. Not too far in to Proj 1 and I have myself playing a mind game.
How can you compare without contrasting? If I write "the flesh of a navel orange is in segments, just as a blood orange," is it not natural to start wondering what makes them different? If you write only about the similarities of two items, does your reader yearn to know why they are different?
It will all be straightened out as I draft my fruit cards. For tonight, I'll stop my research with this thought: if by comparing two items you silently lead someone to want to know the contrasts, can you ever compare without any contrast?
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