"Darkness is not the mere absence of light; it has some positive quality whereas bright space disappears, giving way to the material concreteness of objects, darkness is “thick”; it directly touches a person, enfolds, penetrates, and even passes through him. Thus the “self” is permeable to the dark but not to the light; “the feeling of mystery we experience at night probably stems from this."



Roger Caillois, 1935, The Edge of Surrealism 


Monday  25 June 2012  Notes (2)
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