Week 7: Lighting Happening!

So, a lot of interesting things have been going on lighting-wise in the world this week and I want to share a few moments.

On Friday, I had a class at 1:00 PM with an almost five hour break following until rehearsals started at 6:30. Because of the excessive amount of work to accomplish over this weekend, and still wanting to spend quality time together, my special someone decided that a few hours away from work on Friday would work best for the both of us, so he drove to Irvine to keep me company during my break. We originally wanted to play baseball in Aldrich park, but he got self conscious about his throwing ability and lack of coordination, so we dropped that idea and decided to explore the aloe forest in the center of Aldrich park instead. Amidst our search amongst the aloe, we came upon an opening, a beacon if you will, of light breaking through. And no, it wasn't the end of the forest, just a weird part where the plants did not meet to create a tunnel. And although I call it beacon-like, I think it looks particularly scary due to the lack of colour in the surrounding area, the whiteness of the branches, and the overall lack of warmth to the photo. The immediate attraction my eye goes to is the shirt of the explorer, because its vibrant blue stands out from the sameness of the background environment. Also, the white light is eating his head! Foreshadowing for a terrible ending if he steps into the light... That's almost like a metaphor or something. Oh no!

And the VERY NEXT DAY, we were playing with clip lights and shadows in rehearsals for Travis' DCP going up week 10 (Come see it). Though the light was scattering everywhere off the sheet, as well as on it, I thought it looked really interesting as an audience member to watch the movement taking place as a silhouette of the characters. Of course, being closer to the light meant being more mushy and blurry on the sheet, whereas the closer you were to the sheet, the more crisp the silhouette. I just thought it was beautiful. That's all.

And finally, after brunch with Dan's mother, grandmother, and Dan, our roommate and I came home to nap. Whilst laying on the couch watching Scrubs, I turn to my right side and notice this OBSCENELY NEAT texture on my wall and ceiling. We have blinds covering our window, but even so, you expect light to behave somewhat normally when entering a home. One slit between the blinds means one slit of light hitting the wall, NOPE. That's what makes light so fascinating. WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING? Amazingness. That's what. None of these slits of light are even, not all of them are going at the same angle, and not all of them are hitting the same surface and the ones that are aren't even restricted to the same general area. The texture just keeps going. This is just brain overload. I'm imploding. That's all. K bye.