16x20x1.5 acrylic on canvas
Kaamos is the Finnish word for the polar night. A time for remembering the light. For contemplating and appreciating the summer days. A time for fires and saunas.
The winter darkness is not so extreme here in northern Minnesota, but with daylight savings time it is getting dark in the afternoon.
In the summer months, I spend days outside with my kids. Hiking, boating, fishing, swimming, biking, roasting coffee beans over the fire. In the winter, I become more contemplative and long for those warm, sunlit days.
Darkness tells us what light is. There is a Finnish saying,