Whenever I am walking in the woods or down a street, or enjoying
something good to drink outside a cafe, I notice the light. I see how
it plays on the windows of buildings and how it transforms a leaf into
stained glass. I notice the shadows that fall softly or glare darkly.
Light and I waltz.
These quotes revere light in some form or
another, through symbolism or comparison or metaphor. Read them and see
what comes to mind and write for a few moments. Enjoy these prompts.
We know one another only by the way we bend light. ~Skip Largent
Moonlight is sculpture. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne
From
within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things, and makes
us aware that we are nothing, but the light is all. ~Ralph Waldo
Emerson
Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making ships. ~Charles Simic
Love is not consolation. It is light. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
I'll tell you how the sun rose a ribbon at a time. ~Emily Dickinson
Wine is sunlight, held together by water. ~Galileo
Firelight will not let you read fine stories but it's warm and you won't see the dust on the floor. ~Irish Proverb
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