Thanks for the quote. I’m pondering my own vision of shadows. The light and shadow here in Portland is so inconclusive, so muddled, that pondering it becomes an exercise in staring and squinting (which makes pondering hard). The diffusion of light because of the clouds and moist atmosphere means that the shadows are barely obvious. Or maybe I just don’t see them. So your quote is all the more meaningful.

I also liked “alphabet of light”, especially as connected to the tracing of the “foothills already gained.” Evocative. I don’t know Gregory Maguire’s work — I perhaps should check it out.