Filtered Light

                        

The light comes through the tin cut panel door of the pie safe. The small cut outs that have been made in a pattern, the tiny holes that let out the aroma of that which is inside. Have you ever wanted to close the door on a feeling, or a thought, or on someone? Have you ever wanted to run away, not look back and hope that this will change that which is chasing you? Has it ever been that no matter how hard you slam the door it still sips in, beckoning you to turn around and embrace the pain?

Light is at the end of the tunnel, even when you are standing in the middle, the darkest center.

photo: A pie safe door panel made by my cousin.



Comments

27 responses to “Filtered Light”

  1. Gosh! It feels like you are talking to me right now…
    I just don’t know one thing…what is a pie safe?…better check google.
    bjs
    paula 🙂

  2. Yes, sometimes I feel like closinng some doors… If we do it are we going to live better with ourselfs or will we just leave something unfinished?

  3. I really needed this post today 🙂 Thank you 🙂

  4. Blessings.
    When God closes one door He opens a window!
    Sending love and smiles
    across the miles.
    Love Jeanne
    X0X0

  5. Oh, this post reminded me of this quote I love—
    “I try to shut the door on reality, but it keeps comming through the damn windows!” — Jennifer Unlimited
    LOL!

  6. Yes, the desire to shut the door on a mistake, a bad moment or encounter, sometimes an overwhelming feeling of wanting to disappear, never to revisit the pain. May sound corny, but the holes in door that bring the feelings back, the light at the end of the tunnel, happen when I pray for the one who hurt me, giving me courage to face the pain and take responsibility. Learning to be graceful, the best thing about getting older!

  7. yes i have…i’ve tried…and it always seems to follow me, catch up with me, demand that i have the courage to look it in the eye…and thank god when i do…

  8. This is very cool. I love the photo!

  9. Sometmes I would like to slam the door… but I dont.. I wait for the light
    at the end of the tunnel… it eventually comes… sometimes it takes too damn long though !

  10. I have tried very hard to do this recently. Filling my time and mind to the brim so there’s no room for it.
    It hasn’t worked.
    It comes and gets me in the night, just before sleep, and I’m forced to feel it.

  11. This week I’m lucky to be standing in the light but I can look back and know that not so long ago… I’m thankful for good friends and a loving husband who called out encouraging words and passed me a flashlight.

  12. no idea what a pie safe is either… but just wanted to say I’m in awe of your posts, despite being on holiday, and the photographs you take which are always beautiful and evocative of thought. I pray that light is streaming through your windows today… sunlight, starlight, moonlight…

  13. Embrace the pain. What a scary thing to do; knowing that you have to go through the darkness to get to the light. There’s just no way around it, you have to go through it.
    Very thoughtful post, Corey.

  14. deirdre

    Yes. I sometimes wish I could turn off my emotions and sink into a kind of numbness. Damn things keep coming back.

  15. That is an interesting image. It is really amazing to look at the detail and design that goes into the simplest utilitarian object.

  16. Knowing I will see light again is the only thing that helps you when you are grieving over a loved one.
    Thank you for sharing such a beautiful post.
    Hugs,
    Connie

  17. I stood at the darkest centre when I walked the journey of breast cancer and am blessed in that I stepped into the light onto solid ground! I am whole healthy and healed!

  18. Oh, Corey you can’t imagine how your words resonate when I read them today – after having bad news at the doctor in London and now must embrace the pain. Lovely post and photo!

  19. very interesting post Corey!
    What I try to do is to forget the feeling…..so even if the door still opens once in a while, the page have turn…

  20. Beautiful photo. There are dark corners in my life I fear to tread, those I want to run from, to hide and forget. When I read your posts songs often pop into my head, today it is this: ‘GOD OF GRACE, I turn my face to You; I cannot hide. My nakedness, my shame, my guilt, are all before Your eyes…and Your grace clothes me in righteousness, and Your mercy covers me in love. Your life adorns and beautifies. I stand complete in You.’

  21. Beautiful words and image.
    a.

  22. very nice piece, corey…this reminds me of the mezmerizing eric clapton tune “old love”… the way thoughts of former lovers can suddenly arise and haunt me after years of dormancy speaks to the enduring power of love, the power of connection, the way as i get older, i see that deeply passionate part of my life growing dim and slipping out of reach. (or am i pushing it out of reach?)

  23. It’s amazing how you conjure feelings into words, I always love reading your posts. 🙂

  24. reminds me of fireworks somehow…the darkness suddenly ablaze with colorful light!

  25. I love the way the blue changes from ultramarine to turquoise here 🙂

  26. Thats a really nice contrast of light and darkness.

  27. Hi there! I know it’s been a while, but I just wanted to comment on this one in particular. Just kind of stood out to me. And that is what I am in search of as well….”light at the end of the tunnel”.

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