Personas
There are two types of people who enjoy dining by candlelight.
The first type also likes long walks on the beach. That’s what Meg Ryan’s into, right? Candlelight is awesome because you can’t see the details so you can ignore the things you don’t want to know. Then, later, you can say it’s not your fault that things went wrong because, well, you just didn’t see them. How could you have? The lighting was dim. ::shrug:: Plus, candlelight is just SO romantic!!!!!!!!!! And it makes facial pores disappear so you look, omigod, So. Glam.
I am, proudly, not this type.
The second type sits in Zen repose, pondering life’s big questions with saucer-sized pupils nestled in eyes softly focused on the horizon, welcoming whatever comes their way. This type is unafraid to declare a love for earnest things like digging for sand crabs on the beach while the sound of the waves engulfs them and their toes go numb from the cold. They aren’t afraid of unanswered questions, soft edges or grey borders that bleed into each other without sharp definition.
Neither, sadly, am I this type.
I had a 6324 lumen headlamp surgically implanted into my forehead years ago. Things are always black or white – never both. Boundaries are clean. My pupils are pinholes and I damn well always know what’s coming.
Donovan Said,
May 31, 2011 @ 11:16 pm
To extend your metaphor to the point of breaking:
With the bright light you know what’s right in front of you, but your eyes are entirely insensitive to those things happening on the darkened periphery – whereas those in the candle light can see most of what’s in front of them and some of what’s around them.
If that headlamp doesn’t have a dim setting, make sure you consciously look in directions you don’t intend to head – so you can see what’s around you.
Ugh, my brain hurts from attempting metaphor. I don’t even know what this means when applied to the real world.
I think we can all agree: No matter who we are, we all deserve to have soft incandescent light in our bathrooms, or a North facing window. Your first impression of yourself everyday should be a positive one.