Tuesday, March 17, 2015

FOREVER LIGHT!

Light. It always begins with the light. Sunrise, sunset, sidelight, backlight. Light dispelling the darkness; light giving way to darkness. Light cool-to-warm, then warm-to-cool. Dawn, day, twilight, night. 

Light diffused through fog, sleet, snow, falling rain, and clouds. Sculpting, defining light, which often adds a specular, burnished-bronze trim along an object's edges. 

Gold light, pink light, orange light. Shadowy light shot through in tones of blue or turquoise, violet or purple. Light so rich and impossibly gaudy you can breath it, bathe in it, lose yourself within its extravagant treasure. 

Bright light dramatically contrasted against dark clouds. Sometimes even a brief, ominous green light, when a potentially dangerous storm is brewing.

Light which turns the living river into a fiery flow. Transforming, metamorphosing light which changes itself and everything around, as it dims and fades, replacing blazing heat with refreshing shadows. 

"Let there be light!" God proclaimed, and so it was and will forever be—first and foremost—the lovely, ever-changing light.   
    

10 comments:

Gail said...

Hi Grizz - glorious pictures, spectacular words that create images and feelings and spark memory and give hope. Light - and all its glory - yes!! Ours for the taking to savor - enjoy - love- feel- believe- have faith in - thank you for reminding me of this gift before my eyes and even when they are closed - it shines bright
Love Gail
peace.....

Moonmuser said...


Lovely sermon of light...you expressed my raw emotion at seeing that. I saw that sunset on the way home Tuesday coming out of Kroger closet to my home.

From my particular vantage point, it was so beautiful it left me breathless and filled with awe. I did thank God for allowing me to be in the right place at the right time to be completely mesmerized by it ... only at this time of the year does it appear quite so brilliantly hued.

If I had taken a photo,it would have been ruined by cars and man-made structures. So thank you for sharing that gift of beauty....

Grizz………… said...

Gail…

Thank you, dear friend, for your kind and lovely words. As a photographer, I'd like to think I'm a student of light. Light is, after all, what makes an image, and photography is merely an attempt to capture and record that light. But light is so much more…the very essence of life. Life began with light, God's light, and light is what makes life on earth possible, illuminating, giving shape and texture, allowing us to find our way through darkness. Ever changing, it can be heartbreakingly beautiful or terrifying. But in the end, there is always the light.

Again, thank you.

Grizz………… said...

Moonmuser…

Living where I do, tucked down between two low hills beside a river, I generally miss most sunsets. And even when a really spectacular one occurs, I can only point my camera across the channel and record it as a backdrop beyond the island's trees, or else aim at just the water and catch its reflective colors upon the moving surface.

I know that grocery store, and I'll bet from that vantage point it was really spectacular.

I'm glad you liked the post—photos and words—and appreciate your comments. Sunsets and sunrises are fleeting gifts. Maybe I'll be in the right place at the right time to do a better job, photographically, when another similar one materializes. BTW…did you see the pair of sundogs that preceded this sunset?

Moonmuser said...

Grizz,

Since I don't remember exactly what a sun dog is, I don't know if I saw it or not. Enlighten me, if you please!

BU the way, I like the way Moonmuser comes across --better then the previous name..

Gail said...

Hi again - your words are faithful and pure - from a spirit that knows of life's beginnings and purpose and even end - it is in the light of truth we are given hope <3 andnow, if I may, add some levity/humor -

my recent profile picture on facebook and even here is one f my favorites - I was quite happy as to how it tuned out - I look lovely (so I am told) and dare I say I humbly agree - M sister and I were chatting about this very picture and hw good I look and she mentioned it was at the right angle and the right lighting and then added............"that is how photographers make ugly people beautiful"!! Well, she immediately dialed back saying she didn't mean it the way it sounded (which \I knew), :-) we both got so silly and laughed heartily - and since then, every so often I will say ........and that is how photographers make ugly people beautiful" :-) and we laugh all over again.
Love and laughter
Gail
peace..

Grizz………… said...

Moonmuser …

Sundogs (or sun dogs) are produced when sunlight passes through the face of large, hexagonal shaped ice crystals which are drifting slowly earthward with their flat surfaces pretty much horizontal. The sun's rays are deviated by 22˚ or more. This happens year around, most commonly when the sun is low.

If that doesn't make sense, think of sundogs as little "mock" suns—often just reddish spots of bright light located a distance out from the sun on either side. The sundog's light is reddish (but can be too bright to see any color) because red light waves are refracted less intensely, while blue is more easily refracted—so the red color will be closest to the sun and the blue farther away. Sometimes they're like rainbows—not in shape but in banded colors—on either side of the sun…and always located equal distances away from the sun.

Sundogs are really pretty common. I see them regularly—but then, I look for such things. When my father first taught me about sundogs, he also taught me their fancier name, parhelia. I can still hear him carefully enunciating each syllable for me, then having me repeat the pronunciation back. His blue eyes were alight with merriment as I rolled the word around over my tongue—and I enjoy saying it still.

Grizz………… said...

Gail…

Sorry to be slow to reply. We attended a friend's funeral yesterday and didn't get back in until fairly late. Plus Myladylove is suffering from a serious sinus infection—nausea, headaches, just about a miserable as a human can be without needing hospitalization. She's shorthand at her branch, so can't stay home. I'm dong what I can to allow her to rest as much as possible when she is here.

Anyway, I enjoyed your comments—especially your story about your sister's comment. My common sense, and well-honed survival skills, will—I hope!—prevent me from stepping too deeply into that treacherous pool. Don't want you to come looking to beat me over the head like a common snake! But I will risk saying this—while good photography posing and lighting skills can certainly be used to hide a person's flaws—the real experts work from a different attitude…they employ those same tools to highlight a person's genuine beauty. Not covering up, bringing out. Just like makeup can either hide or accentuate, so does photography…one producing a falsehood, the other exposing truth. I think that's what happened with your profile photo, the image simply captured your true beauty. Believe it! Your sister was wrong.

Gail said...

Hi again - hope your LadyLove is better soon.
And "thank you" for the humbly and graciously and happily received compliment. :-)

Love gail
peace

Grizz………… said...

Gail…

You're certainly welcome…though be assured, I spoke only truth.