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Shadow represents the unknown, what we do not know, even in ourselves.<br />
Where more light is present, shadows are thicker:<br />
かつまたの 池 は 闇 也 けふの 月<br />
katsumata no ike wa yami nari kefu no tsuki<br />
on the pavement<br />
the street lamp lights<br />
covered with snow<br />
(Pietro Tartamella)<br />
once again<br />
the lake is gloomy<br />
tonight’s moon<br />
(Yosa Buson)<br />
Light is moving matter: the infinitesimal particles of which it is composed<br />
are the first aspect of the world of shapes. The path to it is a first step to go<br />
beyond the light itself, to go beyond any form, beyond any sensation and<br />
notion.<br />
In the various cosmogonies there is a separation between shadow and light,<br />
originally mixed, and the resolution of duality brings back to the primary<br />
unit: light and darkness are of the same nature.<br />
pebble moon<br />
in my hands<br />
the light<br />
(Lucia Fontana)<br />
Light and shadow alternate, as a symbol of the rapid and unceasing passing<br />
of life:<br />
稲 妻 や 闇 の 方 行 く 五 位 の 声<br />
inazuma ya yami no kata yuku goi no koe<br />
lightning –<br />
into the darkness<br />
a night-heron’s cry<br />
(Matsuo Bashō)
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