This photo was taken in 2015 in Novi Sanzhary, #Ukraine.
The photo shows a wooden interior wall illuminated by a single wall-mounted lantern. To the left, partly swallowed by darkness, a mounted wild boar’s head emerges, its features only partially visible. The lantern casts a warm, focused light that highlights the grain of the wood planks. Deep shadows dominate the upper portion of the image, creating a strong contrast between light and obscurity.
Twilight is a threshold, a moment when the world hesitates between what can be clearly seen and what must be imagined. In the presence of the lantern, darkness does not disappear; it retreats, reshaped rather than defeated. The soft glow suggests safety and human intention, a quiet insistence that meaning can be created even when night presses close. At the same time, the shadowed boar’s head reminds us that not everything yields to light, that remnants of the wild and the unknown remain nearby. Twilight carries this tension gently, neither alarming nor fully comforting. It is a time for reflection, when edges blur and thoughts slow, allowing memory and intuition to surface. The lantern becomes more than a source of illumination; it is a symbol of attention, of choosing where to look and what to acknowledge. In its limited reach, it teaches humility, showing that understanding does not require full exposure. Twilight invites us to accept partial knowledge, to coexist with mystery, and to appreciate the quiet dialogue between light and darkness that shapes our inner landscapes.