Hidden in the Light

As always, this episode was enjoyable to watch and educational enough, but I personally didn’t feel any connection to it. Despite not being my favorite, it is interesting to hear about all of the experiments that provided unexpected results that changed the world. Of all things in this episode, what I liked the most was the long building metaphor that showed up at the end. For some reason the words “seeing the world in only one kind of light is like listening to music in only one octave” really stuck with me, and it helped that the visuals of the different lights looking at New York were so pretty. I suppose that my own personal connection with music and art was what made that stick out to me. I also have a general understanding of the creative power of light that is used in the technical aspects of theatre. As an actor and occasionally director I rely on light to create certain tones within a piece. What is interesting to me is that different colors can create different feelings and emotions in people. Why is that? When all color is is the way our eyes perceive wavelengths reflected off of objects, what makes us connect the color blue with calm and cool while red is associated with energetic or urgent and warm? Perhaps I’ll do a bit more research on my own about the science behind it all. Until then, I look forward to seeing what’s next.