Tuesday, December 4, 2007

an old favorite...



"there's a certain slant of light," emily dickinson:

There's a certain slant of light,
On winter afternoons,
That oppresses, like the weight
Of cathedral tunes.

Heavenly hurt it gives us;
We can find no scar,
But internal difference
Where the meanings are.

None may teach it anything,
'Tis the seal, despair,-
An imperial affliction
Sent us of the air.

When it comes, the landscape listens,
Shadows hold their breath;
When it goes, 't is like the distance
On the look of death.

4 comments:

SARAH said...

hi i was wondering what is the name and author of this picture...i am doing a project on emily dickenson's poem and artwork that realtes to it and i was wondering where this picture came from...thank you

jennifer said...

hi sarah. unfortunately, i don't know the name of the photographer. i happened across the image while doing a google image search of another photographer's work. this came from an italian website featuring the work of several photographers, and i couldn't quite figure out who took this one. sorry! good luck with your project though-- sounds interesting!

SARAH said...

ok well thanks anyways...i enjoyed looking at your site

SARAH said...

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