The first issue of 2009 will be ‘Darkness’.
It is hard to say anything about darkness without uttering a word about light. Because, darkness is where the light is not. Good morning.

Petrarca mentions the Age of Darkness. Hunger, pillage, etc, all of these have been attributed to dakness. Not only in (Western) Europe, but in Ancient Greece, too, Darkness have passed. It is possible to ‘see’ the darkness under that ‘light’, a way of killing all that remind us of a time of abundant pain and suffering; remembering to forget. ı am not talking in vain, fainting at the very sight of an immutable being is a human, perhaps all too human, trait. Petrarca, of course, would gladly haunt us out of that thought.

The Dark Ages, owing to inherent shittiness of the human and the usual ‘cruelty’ of the nature, set aside, I believe the word Darkness has an infinitely more fascinating interpretation.

Dark Matter.

Even though it has not thus been verified through scientific experimentation, it is believed that majority of the universe consists of dark matter. It can be detected by its gravititational ‘influence’ on matter. Sort of like, I don’t believe in God, but there are some things begging to be explained. Darkness evokes curiosity, involves mystery.

And it signifies the unknown.

Of course, as usual, it’s much more than that. Instead of undermining your creative intuition, I’ll cut it short. Deadline is 5th of January. Happy New Years.