Guiding Light

The Light Inside is an interactive artwork created by James Turrell in 1999. It was made for the purpose of connecting two of the main Museum of Fine Arts buildings in Houston, and it is directly beneath Houston’s Main Street. Along that space, there are lights with the sole function of guiding you through the pitch black tunnel while keeping you on the dark pathway, and away from the edge. While going through this tunnel, you will experience Turrell’s favorite aspect of art - light. In this work, the artist uses light to guide you through the interactive experience of losing your senses. The tunnel is truly disconcerting; the floor rises and dips in random places, and the only thing that you can see is the soft light coming from either side…

Alone once again, Jay lays in bed. Looking straight up at the dark, empty. Jay thinks, “Will tomorrow be a good day? Or will it be like the last?” Jay turns his head, closes his eyes, and slowly enters the illusion of sleep. Jay wakes up with a start, although he is awake, he refuses to get out of bed. Instead, he analyzes his room. The cracked, deep orange walls surround him and only the small window in the middle of the room allows the slight light in. On his left, stands his large, chipped…

holes interact with light, reflecting so little, that they do not let any escape. That is dark but the intense energies created by black holes in the process of eating stars is anything but dark. The level of complexity of light and dark that we see in the universe can also be seen in James Baldwin’s short story “Sonny’s Blues”. In “Sonny’s Blues”, James Baldwin looks past the normal literary uses of light and dark imagery as representing good and bad, but instead uses them to capture…

ourselves as a well known African American woman, answer questions about current events and raise money for a scholarship foundation. The pageant taught many lessons that are the basic to adulthood: self-confidence, responsible, humility. While making me question and redefine what it truly means to win, in my opinion . I never imagined myself participating in a pageant or putting my myself through this embarrassment. However, after spending hours of watching videos of Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson walk,…

lighting is a key element of this scene. An example of this is when she is sitting in her chair, the Preacher is singing “Leaning on The Everlasting Arms” in the background along with the crickets chirping. We first see Rachel with a full casted shadow, insinuating that something else is going on around her, hidden from the viewer. By using this lighting technique, the viewer’s attention is drawn outward to look for other light. Since there is no light on the main object, the viewer’s attention…

As her glazed eyes scan the familiar surroundings, no shades of color are revealed; the crimson of a blood-stained sky is swallowed by the blackness of night and the luminous gray of hazy fog concealed by the sterile white of the sun’s rays. A world that was no longer understood lay before her; how should she traverse it if there is no light to guide her? Many characters throughout the course have found their own definition of a guiding force: money for Rick Deckard, the road for the man and the…

the doors to the pre-show lighting and set was just beautiful. There was a chaotic set, which standard house lamps strung about the stage amongst chairs, a bed, tables, and miscellaneous other items. Behind all of this, they had created an orchestra pit. At first sight, all these items seem to just take up space but throughout the course of the show, the set comes to life and is manipulated to become different places. Above the stage were light bulbs scattered and stretching out into the…

“The Moon is distant from the Sea” by Emily Dickinson is about a strained relationship between a man and a woman through analogy. Dickinson does this by equating them to the moon and the tides of the sea. The woman is also referred to as an “ Amber Hand” which is a description for an angel. The woman -the speaker- far from the man but still she guides him. She an angel with her light guiding him as if he were a young boy needing guidance through life. The man never missing what happens or what…

already on my list. I soon began thinking about people and events that have changed my life or that have caused me to learn some sort of lesson. I was grateful my husband's love and support, as he goes to work to support our family even when he would rather be home with us instead. I became more grateful for my friends who not only encourage me to push forward and try harder, but also give me a way to help them and think outside myself. One day as I was driving to work I noticed the way the…

SITE 1: The Pantheon: ideal light The one factor that creates the largest impact for how space is interpreted in the pantheon is light. Approaching the huge empty space causes people to pause in the doorway, unsure if they should enter, until the grabs you. It draws you forward, the mystical beam streaming in from above, as if you’re being invited into the space by a greater power. The beam of light seems to simultaneously create a spotlight on everything in the room. The overhead light creates…