The dramatic contrasts of tone and scale, the sweeping lines of the ridge, the well-tracked path to the empty summit all add up to an arresting image, a strangely beautiful world where humans don't quite belong but yet intend to tread.
His charge to the task force and the decisions that he made were to ensure that the decision he made doesn't add to, but instead -- doesn't add to the pain, but instead puts us on a path towards a different place for the auto industry that has, in many ways, been an icon of our American economy.
If you have been traveling along the pale gray path and are not ready to dive headlong into Technicolor, keep your pale gray canvas and add some cheer to it.