A shadow is never created in darkness.
Terry Tempest Williams
It is born of light.
We can be blind to it and blinded by it.
Our shadow asks us to look at what we don’t want to see.”
As a photographer I have been fascinated with shadows for a long time. Similarly I have become fascinated in seeing the shadow side of myself. There are aspects of each of us we do not want to look at nor do we want the world to see and have found ways to hide or disguise that in our shadow. In my youth I was blind to my shadow. Now as I’m older I’m finding it to be an adventure looking at my shadow side, exposing it to the light of awareness and growth, and bringing out the details so that I can uncover who I truly am and allow others to see my authentic and full self. Who knows what gem may be discovered in those shadows for both me and the world. I hope you have had a wonderful day.
4 Comments
Tom Dills
You have always done an admirable job of capturing shadows in your photographs, and to translate that into introspection is interesting. Shadows seem so basic but are unseen by so many. I suppose in many ways it is a metaphor of life – the good and the bad, the highs and the lows, the proud and the humble, the simple and complex.
Monte Stevens
Thank you, Tom and you are correct in the list you offer. Many of us fail to even look for our shadow sides. For some it can be a painful experience due to wounds acquired in our youth and some just do not want to face any of their shadows. The last word in your comment says it well, complex.
Joe
Terry Tempest Williams can inspire anyone to find and image to match her words. Nicely done here.
Monte Stevens
I really do like her quotes and her advocacy but in all honesty I’ve really not read but one of here books. Guess I need to do something about that.