Liat Greenwood English 11H1 Mrs.

Wiener

Darkness is nothing but the absence of light.

There was a void, and then on the first day of creation, God said, Let there be light, and there was light. Abraham was desperate to escape the shadow of his fathers pagan darkness, but by leaving everything he knew for God, he kindled a great light. Joseph felt alone in a life darkened by favoritism, but by taking his life in his hands, he shined a multi-colored light. Moses identity was left in the dark, but appearing to him through a bush that refused to burn, God showed Moses how to foster a nations light. The Jews were pushed to their breaking point every day, their lives darkened as they were forced into slavery at the hands of the Egyptians, but on the 14th of Nissan, they freed their inner light. The Maccabees crawled through ruins of a Temple darkened by Greek paganism, but on the 25th of Kislev, they ignited a light. The Pilgrims were consumed by the darkness of starvation, but in 1621, the Native Americans brought them the light. In The Scarlet Letter, Hester is suffocated by the darkness of her communitys ideals, but she overcomes the torment and shines her own light. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Jim is trapped by the darkness of southern slavery, but he escapes and Huck helps him find freedom in the light. In the Gilded Age, immigrants fled the dark of their home countries to chase the American Dream and found inspiration in the light. Escaping your darkness, how have you found your light?

 My Breath Fogged Up the Glass Digital Photograph by Liat Greenwood 2012 Based on the song Im Yours by Jason Mraz I've been spending way too long checking my tongue in the mirror And bending over backwards just to try to see it clearer But my breath fogged up the glass And so I drew a new face and I laughed