Shadow Whenever things are brought into light they cast shadows. They become visible when projected onto a two-dimensional surface. They are ethereal. When light disappears, they vanish. These impressions do not exist without light.
Nothing exists without light.
Everything becomes active with light. The quality that we call beauty, however, must always grow from the realities of life, and our ancestors, forced to live in dark rooms, presently came to discover beauty in shadows, ultimately to guide shadows towards beauty s ends. 5 Jun-ichiro Tanizaki explains how Japanese aesthetic sense is traditionally rooted. I was not aware of this traditional root when I was living in Japan. After living and experiencing the difference of daily light over five years here in the US, I have become more aware of Japanese aesthetics.