Sight Recognition

When I first saw Dan Flavin's light installations, I was reminded of . . . . well, I wasn't sure of what. I just knew there was something familiar about it.
This image is at http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_work_md_46_1.html

Last week, from out of the usually irreverent comments by Sparky Donatello in his blog, a light came on. He had posted a photo of "Just the late afternoon sun hitting the wall of the building across from our back door. . . ." He said it reminded him of Dan Flavin. Well, me too!

Suddenly, I thought back to my first exposure to Flavin and I knew why it was so familiar, yet not so familiar. I was reminded of . . . the way the morning sun explodes through the cracks high in the walls and lights unexpected things at my old summer cottage. I just couldn't get there from here.

It's one of my favorite parts about staying there overnight -- the surprising slices of that clear, bright light. The kind of light which Dan Flavin loves.

Sometimes it takes other eyes to recognize what is beyond what we are seeing.

More about Dan Flavin at
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/flavin_dan.html
Sparky's Blog at
http://crackskullbob.squarespace.com