“We find beauty not in the thing itself but in the patterns of shadows, the light and the darkness, that one thing against another creates.” Jun’ichirō Tanizaki
Pattern Recognition
Category: Darkness
Blind Faith
“There is beauty in everything, even in silence and darkness.” Helen Keller
Rain
“It’s hard to escape the rain when it’s inside your mind.” Tamerlan Kuzgov
Redux
“Most of life is grey, with a little tiny bit of black and white.” Bill Henson
Available Light
“We must bring our own light to the darkness. Nobody is going to do it for us.” Charles Bukowski, Septuagenarian Stew
Seasonal Affective Disorder II
“The day and time itself: late afternoon in early February, was there a moment of the year better suited for despair?” Alice McDermott
Delusions of Grandeur
“So each moment we can see only part of the world, not the whole world. That is the source of delusion.” Dōgen
End of Year Reflection
“No reflection was to be allowed now, not one glance was to be cast back; not even one forward.” Charlotte Brontë
Embracing the Gloom
“Life isn’t just about darkness or light, rather it’s about finding light within the darkness.” Landon Parham
Darkness Visible II
“This darkness will not last forever. You’ll see. Eventually, there will be stars.” David Paul Kirkpatrick
Beautiful Dead Things II
“There is a certain seductiveness about dead things. You can ill treat, alter and recolour what’s dead. It won’t complain.” Jeanette Winterson
But Seriously
“Flowers are always more serious than they appear.” Catherynne M. Valente
Photography OCD 