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I sit in a space filled with light.

The sunlight streams in through the trees in a way that completely surrounds me with its warmth and illumination.

The light is intimately close to me on all sides, yet I cannot truly see the light itself.

All I can see are the objects, both large and small, off of which the light reflects.

The light reveals what is there. It reveals the world that is around me and makes the objects near me able to be known by me.

If I were capable of looking away from the objects that reflect the light, I would not be able to see the light anymore.

I can only see the light by its reflection.

The light surrounds me, intimately close, revealing the reality in which I sit, yet the light itself remains invisible.

I am the light of the world.

Art credits: all photographs by Kirk Sewell