lsquo;Shersquo;s a genius; I believe; because she lights up every subject she touches.rsquo; Hilary Mantel A Spectator Book of the YearGoethe claimed to know what light was. Galileo and Einstein both confessed they didnrsquo;t. On the essential nature of light; and how it operates; the scientific jury is still out. There is still time; therefore; to listen to painters and poets on the subject. They; after all; spend their lives pursuing light and trying to tie it down. Six Facets of Light is a series of meditations on this most elusive and alluring feature of human life. Set mostly on the Downs and coastline of East Sussex; the most luminous part of England; it interweaves a walkerrsquo;s experiences of light in Nature with the observations; jottings and thoughts of a dozen writers and painters ndash; and some scientists ndash; who have wrestled to define and understand light. From Hopkins to Turner; Coleridge to Whitman; Fra Angelico to Newton; Ravilious to Dante; the mystery of light is teased out and pondered on. Some of the results are surprising. By using mostly notebooks and sketchbooks; this book becomes a portrait of the transitoriness; randomness; swiftness; frustrations and quicksilver beauty that are the essence of light. It is a work to be enjoyed; pondered over; engaged with; provoked by; to be packed in the rucksack of every walker heading for the sea or the hills; or to be opened to bring that outside radiance within four dark town walls.
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