Tag: light

Before It All Begins

Soul + Body

Breathe In

Before It All Begins

Sunrise in Kenya is like a bloodstained ribbon. In Peru, dawn is a time of great silence. In India, morning is a fleeting moment of freshness. In Seoul, there’s no real morning at all.

Paulina Wilk

Dark Matters of the Universe

World + People

Outer Space, Science

Dark Matters of the Universe

Much of the physical world is invisible to us – none more so than the concepts of dark companions, dark matter and dark energy in astronomy.

Piotr Stankiewicz

Parallel Rainbows

World + People

Nature

Parallel Rainbows

Human visual perception blesses us with only a glimpse of the light spectrum—for many animals, the colour world is a true sight to behold.

Szymon Drobniak

Building with Colour

Art + Stories

Art, Experiences

Building with Colour

The Mexican architect Luis Barragán brought a wealth of colours to the walls of his buildings, always working in tune with the natural appearance of local surroundings.

Zygmunt Borawski

The Dark Side of the Sun

Art + Stories

Fiction

The Dark Side of the Sun

On hot days, a natural reflex makes you seek shelter in the shade. Noon is the time of day when the sun shows its destructive strength. Salvation can only be found in the shade.

Adam Aduszkiewicz

There Is Beautiful Light in the Dark

Soul + Body

Wellbeing

There Is Beautiful Light in the Dark

Reportage journalist Ilona Wiśniewska talks about living in the north of Norway, experiencing the northern lights, and preparing for the polar night.

Jan Pelczar

All the Dark We Cannot See

World + People

Nature

All the Dark We Cannot See

Excess light disturbs the functioning of not only humans, but also animals and plants. In order to live, we must do our best to preserve darkness.

Agnieszka Fiedorowicz

World + People

Nature

The Glow

Sunlight brings about wonderful metamorphoses – within our human bodies, within the way we see nature, and most importantly, within plants.

Urszula Zajączkowska