Perfect Light

..I gave Britt a digital camera for Christmas (I gave it to her early so we could use it for the rest of the holiday season), so Infinite Regression undoubtedly will have more imagery in the future.

I richly enjoy certain Christmas carols. Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel is one of my favorites and is indicative of the characteristic that I take the greatest pleasure in. The timbre of the song is darkly haunting, like an exquisite damask in the shadows, or a Rembrandt in a candle-lit room, and yet, like the Rembrandt it soars forward with joy and promise, the music strains with exuberance in its epic call to “rejoice.” Really, it is a reflection of life. The hope and desire for more, the shadowy melancholy that adds deeper meaning to the moments when the sun breaks through the storm clouds, both of those things come together in the call for Emmanuel to come and in the answering celebratory chorus: Rejoice!