darkness

     

Darkness (also calle lightlessness) is the absence of light. Scientifically it is only possible to have a reduced amount of light. The emotional response to an absence of light has inspired metaphor in literature, symbolism in art, and emphasis.

Trivia about darkness

  • In a Joseph Conrad work, Marlow heads into the Congo & finds the "Heart of" this
  • 1970:'The Left Hand of _____" by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • In 1991 Gloria Estefan was "Coming Out of" this, also plague No. 9
  • Also in the title, it's the last word of the Joseph Conrad tale about the mysterious Mr. Kurtz
  • (Cheryl of the Clue Crew makes a streching motion with her fingers.) Someone guessed "dark", so I'm trying to get them to this word in an Arthur Koestler title
  • Genly Ai is an emissary to the planet Winter in Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Left Hand of" this