{"id":2804,"date":"2014-03-03T13:08:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T13:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=2804"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:32:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:32:31","slug":"the-shadow-knows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=2804","title":{"rendered":"The Shadow Knows&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On one of my walks through the cemetery last week, I took some pictures. It was a brilliantly sunny day, so the trees cast some amazing shadows. I happen to love shadows. They often say more than the actual structure that&#8217;s casting the shadow. Here they are &#8211;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjLN3bW2e_awzAgQbHOMuix8z1ySN164hs9rms7lolpvTv2WKK9m_mVBq4KpN_kjW3usvfjlKwHcodqEeK_qIQaHwhAEHKah5pxVaSnyzc1xN3tHEWLFU9x_Wz8QcCZHkNLyZ2Dgw\/s1600\/tree+shadow.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjLN3bW2e_awzAgQbHOMuix8z1ySN164hs9rms7lolpvTv2WKK9m_mVBq4KpN_kjW3usvfjlKwHcodqEeK_qIQaHwhAEHKah5pxVaSnyzc1xN3tHEWLFU9x_Wz8QcCZHkNLyZ2Dgw\/s1600\/tree+shadow.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\nI particularly liked this one because it reminded me of a tree often painted by Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven &#8211; Art for the souls there.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgvHCti4aPF34otucTFaqqUrzcTV3V5VwwxAn7qUDFtCCPKdTImfiQnWjEBNTluSmqorLcv0kvRHJiHjk4uoYPVPnxDcFv-w_ltTY5vu-j5SHKwPXnxaEGafyiAo_nsOJ8izjOV3g\/s1600\/tree+shadow1.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"99\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgvHCti4aPF34otucTFaqqUrzcTV3V5VwwxAn7qUDFtCCPKdTImfiQnWjEBNTluSmqorLcv0kvRHJiHjk4uoYPVPnxDcFv-w_ltTY5vu-j5SHKwPXnxaEGafyiAo_nsOJ8izjOV3g\/s1600\/tree+shadow1.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\nThis shadow had a little more substance to it, if I can say that. It is a little ironic to think of shadows as having more or less substance. Well, I guess that everything is relative!!<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhmLQtiDVec0BK7mvf0OOfC0WSvbbCBIaEVfRZjnXY6-2sg07vjSqoLUSRnrUTaxR4Dz2QCefFJTPCsOMe-f8kB3qsr269bajxYWVLYUQ7c3gr15PuANqoj0GskpCh1YyzJ9aAWnA\/s1600\/tree+shadows2.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhmLQtiDVec0BK7mvf0OOfC0WSvbbCBIaEVfRZjnXY6-2sg07vjSqoLUSRnrUTaxR4Dz2QCefFJTPCsOMe-f8kB3qsr269bajxYWVLYUQ7c3gr15PuANqoj0GskpCh1YyzJ9aAWnA\/s1600\/tree+shadows2.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\nShadows in a cemetery are part of another world. It&#8217;s as though you were visiting a realm of spirits (shades) and the shadows form their landscape.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiiL2q7W1JyfBrytuSHKahOx-K46fQddLt_qwwKJ3Bp949p-u2qgvIFqdYXXocp3crVRAEdkFCHcFS6-vKmLj91EBr0xa5oisMBRnNZczFwIJBe_hR3U0PKKO9Akw9_fjIJWZCyXw\/s1600\/tree+shadows3.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiiL2q7W1JyfBrytuSHKahOx-K46fQddLt_qwwKJ3Bp949p-u2qgvIFqdYXXocp3crVRAEdkFCHcFS6-vKmLj91EBr0xa5oisMBRnNZczFwIJBe_hR3U0PKKO9Akw9_fjIJWZCyXw\/s1600\/tree+shadows3.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\nBehind the bars that separate the real world from the world of shadows, the spirits watch us and muse about our lives, as we must about theirs.<\/p>\n<p>Have a magical day!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On one of my walks through the cemetery last week, I took some pictures. It was a brilliantly sunny day, so the trees cast some amazing shadows. I happen to love shadows. They often say more than the actual structure that&#8217;s casting the shadow. Here they are &#8211; I particularly liked this one because it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2805,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2804"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2808,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2804\/revisions\/2808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}