when your eyes pause on the ball that hangs on the third branch of a star... you remember why it is dark , and why it gets light again. the earth [like the heart] slopes in it's seat. and like that in travels along an elliptcial path, drawn into darkness. an unpolished pearl in sky-black, palm of hand. flickering sunflame. and then you remember, that you yourself are a light-bearer, receiving radiance from others. flickering sunflame, unpolished pearl, in a palm of hand. björk - solstice.