Corners

The intersection of two or three surfaces or planes is interesting material for photography because of its intrinsic light. The light here is gentle and subdued and is a comforting blend of light reflected from two or three surfaces. As children playing hide and seek we all sought corners as though they were refuges from the harsh light of the world. Of course the most amazing corner that makes the best photographic representation is the horizon, the line of intersection between the earth and the sky or the sea and the sky.

Some of my favourite corners are:

An abandoned well with overgrown vegetation and stagnant water
At the back of the house where the house springs from the earth
Where the compound wall rises from the earth
Corners enclosed by a cave
Corners hiding behind a door(a child’s favourite hiding place )
Corners created by an awning
Corners created by the parapet wall on a balcony

My poem goes thus :


Corners


Those days we felt every corner
Light poured through them
A gentle breeze blew over them
The corners had their own soul
They were lying in a pool of light
Creating their own silhouettes
The jasmines whispered in the corners
Through soft jellied moonlight
Their fragrance held us in thrall.
Our old tiled house had its corners
Soft and purring like our family kitten
They cast such fine shadows
Dusky, deep and mysterious
We looked into our abandoned well
To fathom the depth of its corners
The water there was a mere shadow
The shadow of a reality that once was.