Toward Unknown Light We have the eye, which of the five senses is the closest to the brain, or rather is the sensory channel through which the brain itself directly perceives the external world.
Light is indispensable for the proper functioning of the eye.
This also means that our discernible world varies with the quantity of light. Often we feel peaceful when we settle into an indirectly illuminated space or dim corner. As we know, in such a relative darkness, not so deep as to risk our safety, we feel reassured than scared, and the faintness of light calms and relaxes us. James Turrell is an artist who does noot produce light for the purpose of illumination, but creates conditions in which light can behave free of that role. His inventions are calculated to make conscious of the essence of light.