shady preshrunk politics.

allegory.

Plato's "Allegory of the Cave," from "The Republic," Book VII.

moonshadowmoonshadow.

couldn't have a shadow blog without yusuf

folly.

Peter Schlemiel, by Adelbert von Chamisso.  

Schlemiel sells his shadow to the Grey Man for a purse of endless gold. 

delight

Lotte Reiniger

preference.

In Praise of Shadows, Tanizaki.

intention.

surrounding us each day are shadows.  a blend of light and dark.  they move and stretch.  they invite our psyche to interpret their shapes and subtle existence.  Shadows allow us to dream awake.


today:

 Gaston Bachelard, The Flame of a Candle.