During the past week or so there have been some clear days of bright sun, as is usual in January. The sun is still streaming deep into rooms, as it rises each day higher in the sky. Morning light is especially dramatic: warm sunlight paints a grid on the bedroom wall, and highlights toys on a shelf; raking light repeats the shape of chair, and the color of chair and window enhances the rhythm.
The cast image, a flat shadow, a trace of the original, widened yet so real (are we in doubt about its embodied form?), has as much presence as the light.
An afghan tossed across the couch catches highlights from the afternoon sun, its lovely textures winding around and back, across a landscape of stitches and wool.
Beautiful shadows. Winter light can be so clear.
ReplyDeletethe top one, the off kilter grid, I could see this as an inspiration for a ruglet....
ReplyDeletethanks, Nicola, and hmm...interesting idea rappel; I must do some thumbnail sketches.
ReplyDeleteI'm a garden designer and chanced on your blog. Wonderful writing (you make me want to try Beckett) and equally provocative photography. My favorite 'Winter Light' photo is the first one. Light in the garden has an equally potent effect if captured at the right time of day and right angles.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment, Melissa. I'm looking forward to spring and getting back to photographing the garden, and will keep your insight in mind.
ReplyDeleteLovely light within your home. I missed this and chanced back upon it to my delight.
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