Tall Lights, Short Shadows: curiosity

“I have written all this because I have thought that there might still be somewhere, possibly in literature or the arts, where something could be saved. I would call back at least for literature this World of Shadows we are losing. In the mansion called literature I would have the eaves deep and the walls dark, I would push back into the shadows the things that come forward too clearly, I would strip away the useless decoration. I do not ask that this be done everywhere, but perhaps we may be allowed at least one mansion where we can turn off the electric lights and see what is like without them”

Junichiro Tanizaki (In Praise of Shadows, 1933)

Tall Lights, Short Shadows

Tuesday, 25 January 2011

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