The practice of less light.

Another emotive post from one of my favourite blogs. The practice is almost embarrassingly simple. When it gets dark, I do not press the lever. Instead I turn on one lamp. In my case it is a small floor lamp with a fabric shade that I bought for about four thousand yen, standing beside the chair where I read. It throws a warm pool of light over the chair, the small table beside it, and about a square meter of floor. The rest of the room — the kitchen counter, the far wall, the ceiling I cannot see anymore — goes quiet. Read the full post: The Single Lamp.