In the absence of light - Eigengrau
from Between darkness and light by BLAK
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Ewald Hering (1905, 1920/1964), still differently, calls the phenomenon eigengrau (“intrinsic gray”; though in 1878 he still uses Helmholtz’s “eigenlicht”), and the choice here of grau (gray) over schwarz (black) is surely deliberate: In the absence of contrast, especially after a long time, he suggests, we experience not so much blackness as neutral gray:
If we awake at night when it is still completely dark, at first we distinguish no objects at all, but see the whole visual field filled merely by those weak, more or less unsteady, cloudy or spotty colors which one can call the intrinsic gray (intrinsic brightness or darkness) [eigengrau (eigenhell oder eigendunkel)] (1920/1964, pp. 74-75).
If we awake at night when it is still completely dark, at first we distinguish no objects at all, but see the whole visual field filled merely by those weak, more or less unsteady, cloudy or spotty colors which one can call the intrinsic gray (intrinsic brightness or darkness) [eigengrau (eigenhell oder eigendunkel)] (1920/1964, pp. 74-75).
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released July 28, 2017
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BLAK Roda De Ter, Spain
BLAK are a heavy instrumental rock band from Roda De Ter, Catalonia blessed with an extraordinary ability to create stunningly beautiful, classical-influenced compositions with an expansive, cinematic sound.
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