Shedding Light in Amherst
there is poetry in the light streaming out of an old tobacco barn
standing in the middle of a frozen winter field
first snow drawing slight lines in the air
captured by the rays of light
released through the open ventilation slats
and right into the cold dark night
suddenly made warm
inviting you to cruise into the darkest part of the year
with this newly found warmth and a sense of belonging to a larger world around you
The project on these photographs, Shedding Light, was created by a friend, an artist and designer Erika Zekos to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the town of Amherst in Western Massachusetts. Positioned in one of the vast farm fields in town, it highlights the simple but astonishing beauty of the architecture of the barn. But what captivates me even more is the new way it relates to the ground it sits on, and and the way it reaches out towards the snow-full sky, rays of light radiating out like beacons, or like outstretched wings... ready to take off...
The project will keep on glowing until Dec.31, 2009.
Visit the project's blog at: http://sheddinglightamherst.blogspot.com/
