Shadows...
The ambiguous darkness that gives light its life...
Without one there would not be the other...
Painters & architects, amongst others, more often than not hold dear to the holy grail of light...
Shadows hold so much mystery and life, they symbolise a side of life & a part of the human psyche much neglected...
The mesmeric soulful connection of watching a fire at night...
The creation of the fish shoals was not only intended for the light they naturally bring during the day,
but predominantly for the beautiful moving shadows cast by a single flickering candle across a ceiling on long winter nights...
These ideas have been explored during many long winter nights spent in a chalet on Gwithian Towans. The place where i grew up listening to the sea, the wind and the rain upon the roof...
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