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"The light of the moon is a quiet reflection, large, even, and mild. The light of the moon comes from far away. That makes it quiet. I imagine the shadows that things cast on the earth in the light of the moon imperceptibly seeking separation.

...Personal landscpae. Images and landscapes of longing, mourning, tranquility, joy, loneliness, sacntuary, ugliness, the pretension of pride, seduction. In my memory they all have a light of their own...Jun'ichiro (in 'in praise of shadows') praises shadows. And shadows praise light." p. 92

"Between sunset and sunrise, we furnish ourselves with illumination of our own making, lights that we can switch on at will. These lights cannot be compared to daylight; they are too weak and too breathless with their flickering intensities and swiftly spreading shadows.

But when I do not think of these lights that we make ourselves as an attempt to eliminate darkness, when I think of them as night-time lights, as accentuated night, as intimate illuminated clearings taht we carve out of the darkness, then they can become beautiful, then they can have a magic all their own.

Which lights do we want to switch on between sunset and sunrise? What do we want to illuminate in our buildings, cities, and landscapes? How and for how long?" p. 93