Eclipse of Shadows and Significance

Enter the night sky, dance with the bright star, encroaching as the tiger is, hidden the dragon will be. Eliasson, the little sun—"Every once in a while, there is a moment in your life, which stands as a marker for something significant. A time of change and evolution or devolution."

Cloak her beauty, savour her grace, courted so high by you, her suitor. Calder, the lithographic sun—"Chaos and an unbalanced sense of understanding can cloud your mind and heart, can create uncertainty and unease"

Leave us breathless, with your sensual dance as your lunar beau moves with danger, trying to tame his beast. Lichtenstein—"Liminal, you find yourself between cause and effect, action, reaction and even inaction, you are poised to make the biggest decision"

Intimate and intense, I—"Intrigued by the potential, insecure about the negatives, do you plunge into it or let it slide you by?"

Perfect in balance, Pechstein, the Somme—"Paradoxically there is no way of really knowing what will be unless you take the leap. If you don't do anything different, you can only expect the same"

Seize the moment while it lasts, Schiele—"Still, the mere thought of putting yourself out there, putting it all on the line on what feels like a whim, can be enough to lock the cage and throw away the key"

Everlasting your devotion to one another, Enlivens—"Either everything you've worked hard to hold onto, the monotonous and the safe, will be lost in a sea of chance or the leap of faith will lead you to something greater, better and more important than you could ever imagine."

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Author's Notes: So had some unused rejects for the In Eclipse Challenge, that worked well spliced together. To give a bit more context, I've included images to match the referenced artists and artwork.

• Olafur Eliasson: Little Sun - https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/olafur-eliasson-little-sun
• Alexander Calder: Eclipse - https://www.artsy.net/artwork/alexander-calder-eclipse
• Roy Lichtenstein: Eclipse of the Sun II - https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/transient-effects/eclipses-art/eclipse-sun-ii
• Max Pechstein: Somme - https://www.artsy.net/artwork/max-pechstein-somme-1916
• Egon Schiele: Setting Sun - https://www.egon-schiele.com/setting-sun.jsp

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