Darkness

Darkness has an energy all its own. Often, darkness is used in horror movies as a device to create fear of the unknown. Yet darkness can be beautiful, too. TASK Sit in a room at night with the lights turned off. with your eyes open. Consider this new world for five minutes or so. What can you see? Or perhaps more significantly, what CAN'T you see? What's hiding out there in the shadows? And how does it feel, sitting there in the dark? Where do your thoughts go? Write for 10 minutes on what you discovered, beginning with the words "Who would have thought...."