The Mystery of Light: The 3rd Category of Light of the 8 Elements of Light

It is not a scientific reproducible technique but is a transcendent effect light . It as if capturing a metaphysical event in time. It lives in the poetic realm of each artist. It is both ephemeral and everlasting. It ‘is and was, certain and incredible, now and forever one in capturing the moment.

There is something about working plein air, where one feels overcome, an awe, becoming inspired by the mystery of light as one stands in the divine milieu. For the Mystery of Light is the luminous way is the place of creativity and innate inspiration. 

Transcendent Light - awe-inspiring illumination that gives rise to inspirational passion.

Let there be light at the core of impressionism is the quest to capture light

The interesting point here is impressionists comprehend that light is composed of a color spectrum. Namely red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. From this viewpoint, their paintings were bright to behold. The impressionist took a different path from the great masters. 

They broke with the academic tradition of monochromatic underpainting and layers glazes. Instead, they used a bold new limited palette to present the world as they saw it. Let there be light indeed color is light and light is color. From the impressionist perspective colors are not fixed they are modified by their surroundings. 

As our planet rotates all objects change in the light of the sun or lack thereof. So if the light changes objects color changes objects. For impressionists, all is luminous all is color. With this understanding, one is free to play different roles as an impressionist. Here are a few options to spark your interest with light. The heart of a poet who sees light with imagination and uses it as expressive power, the study of a scientist rationally uses knowledge to comprehend the natural and physical acts of light, a religious passion of theologian seeking the meaning of God as Light, a child a human person with little experience, naïve, yet joyful to receive the light.

Yes, let there be light...your light.