“Look closely at the Japanese; they draw admirably and yet in them you will see life outdoors and in the sun without shadows.” LooksLightSunDrawsShadow Book:The writings of a savage Source: The writings of a savage
“There's a certain Slant of light, Winter afternoons— That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes— Heavenly Hurt, it gives us— We can find no scar, But internal difference, Where the Meanings, are.... When it comes, the Landscape listens— Shadows—hold their breath— When it goes, 'tis like the Distance On the look of Death.” GivingLooksLightCertainDifferencesHurtShadowBreathsDistanceWinterLandscapeTunesInternalsHeavenlyAfternoonScarCathedrals Author:Emily Dickinson
“I've always been aware of the otherworld, of spirits that exist in that twilight place that lies in the corner of our eyes, of fairie and stranger things still that we spy only when we're not really paying attention to them, whispers and flickering shadows, here one moment, gone the instant we turn our heads for a closer look. But I couldn't always find them. And when I did, for a long time I thought they were only this excess of imagination that I carry around inside me, that somehow it was leaking out of me into the world.” WorldLooksLongStillsMomentsEyeSpiritLyingTurnsImaginationAttentionGoneLong TimeShadowCornersStrangerPay AttentionInstantExcessTwilightSpy Author:Charles de Lint
“The shadow of a cornstalk on the ground is lovely, but it is no denial of its loveliness to see as one looks on it that it is telling the time of day, the position of the earth and the sun, the size of our planet and its shape, and perhaps even the length of its life and ours among the stars.” LooksEarthStarsSunPositionPlanetsShapesShadowSizeLovelyDenialLengthOur PlanetLovelinessTime Of Day Book:The Collected Essays of Arthur Miller Source: The Collected Essays of Arthur Miller