Week 1 -Beginning with Darkness and Light

Before starting into the color wheel it seems appropriate to begin with darkness.  Even in Genesis and many creation stories the beginning begins in darkness.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.  And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.  And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.  Genesis 1:1-2

Darkness is formless... we can know this when we are outside with a new moon in the country where there are no lights.  It appears to be pitch black.  We may know that trees exist around us but we cannot differentiate the forms in the pure darkness.

And then when we add light..

"Light and darkness are the Primordeal Creators.  They form the great cosmic polarity from which at the beginning of time all creation originated." Lianne Collot d'Herbois 

With charcoal I explored darkness as the center and how it evenly dissipates as it extends itself, reaching for the light.

And again with charcoal I explored the darkness graciously moving to the sides with light in the center.

What characterizes darkness?  What characterizes light?  In a given day, how does one carry the warmth of darkness and the objectivity of light throughout the day?