certain occasions, we would put a lamp on the bedroom balcony so that the skylight in the dining room alcove was illuminated at night. Great for dance parties! When physical pain and mental anguish besieged me, I felt it was the light that lifted me up, and that was before I knew that people in northern climates were diagnosed with SAD syndrome. Light has a great influence on one’s psyche. The reflections of the window patterns created by performing mundane duties. We all were enchanted by the play of light and illumination in this Wright House. The effect of the light is ineffable. With the laylights in the ceiling and the wall lamps in the dining room, up-lights among the plants in the living room, and with a smoldering fire in the large fireplace, one could create an intimate setting. The house shimmered at night and we’d often take a walk outside to see the house lit up, something the touring architectural historian usually does not
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