Favorite Things: Light and Shadows

Find beauty not only in the thing itself

but in the pattern of the shadows,

the light and dark which that thing provides.

Junichiro Tanizaki (Japanese author, 1886 - 1965)

I love the interplay of light

and shadows,

how shadows bring a depth and richness

that delight the eye,

while pure bright light

sometimes overwhelms the details, 

making them seem insignificant.

Shadows too deep can, of course,

swallow the light for a time,

just like in life.

It's the interplay,

the sharing of the stage,

that brings a wholeness of vision.

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