Time

Depiction 9

Shadows of time

My friend Stefano Mino would sketch shadows of various lengths and textures to depict time in its different timings and paces. He replied, “I would use long shadows for evenings and the mornings, short shadows for midday and darkness for the nights.  ‘Fast’ is a shadow that suddenly changes. ‘Slow’ is a shadow that transforms dawdlingly. A man moving quickly has a shadow that depicts him in a previous moment, for example, a step behind.”

Time casts a shadow as it passes by. The reign of a ruthless ruler may leave a sinister icy looming shadow that the future generations may take more than a century to come out of to experience the warmth of sunshine. A benevolent queen or king’s rule may have cast a soothing shade which safeguarded the peasants of the current and forthcoming years.

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

-Nathaniel Hawthorne [author]

"Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson.

"Life is short, and time is swift;

Roses fade, and shadows shift."

- Ebenezer Elliott.

"Life is a shadow and a mist; it passes quickly by, and is no more."

- Malagasy Proverb.

https://pixabay.com/photos/beach-coastline-dawn-girl-nature-1822598/: Image by Sasin Tipchai from Pixabay 

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