Winter Light

Full winter moon:

the icicle

the icicle's shadow

Geraldine Clinton Little

The light of the moon on a cold dark night --- sometimes life is like that. It is quiet outside and the moon is a light source but only because it reflects the source of the sun, it doesn't give the heat. This is actually a fascinating science concept.

So I'm wondering, can the moon guide down the right path or is it's purpose to push us into a deeper understanding of discrimination? Maybe it is in the moonlight that we are asked to see the darkness for what it is. Maybe the moon is to remind us of the light during the patterns of life.

Thin Layer

moonlight ---

through thin clothes

to naked skin

Hisajo Sugita

This haiku communicates a sensual experience. When light is given opportunity, the perspective of what is, is revealed. An artist learns that the angle of light influences the perspective of the image. I imagine the author laying out in a field and feeling the moon as it travels its arc above her.

Our clothing is just a thin layer of protection. We project who we are, what we want to be, how we see ourselves sometimes. Underneath though, we are vulnerable humans, more alike than different and yet, still unique. I wonder what additional thoughts passed through the author when she experienced the moonlight and then penned these words. I wonder what thoughts would pass through me if I allowed the moonlight to reveal my image.