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Sunday May 20th 2012, 8:18 pmA somewhat removed experience, but fascinating all the same. Watching the shadows deepen, some from the tall trees like giant blue grey fingers of unthreatening gloom stretching across our neighborhood to grasp the edges of our mundane homes, as if shifting briefly into another but familiar dimension. But that wasn’t the reality, beautifully balanced like a painter’s vision, swathing between these darkening spaces were moments of iridescent orangey gold light, bringing a new perspective to the ordinary details of parked cars and low-lying shrubbery. The glow cast easily along the cement and paved road, transforming the drab to richer color, giving an almost nostalgic feeling for a time lost to memory without concrete tangibility. All adding a particular quaintness to our patch of town, and the quiet giving way to an atmosphere of otherworldly splendor, but only for a moment. Our primal inner selves knowing this is not how we normally see it here. We wanted to stare up into the sky to look at the mesmerizing event, but forgot to prepare the right tools to do so properly, much too blinding to view without. The moon’s shadow vastly arcing across the globe, the sun blotted enough for it to appear as a ring of fire. Seeing how the altering light affects our meager court was enough. Just how small our place in the universe is, enjoy simple moments.
Eclipsed
May 20th 2012
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