chiaroscuro

chiaroscuro (n.)
mid 17th century: from Italian, from chiaro ‘clear, bright’ + oscuro ‘dark, obscure’
the treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting

June 2022

“We’re each of us our own chiaroscuro, our own bit of illusion trying to emerge into something solid, something real. We’ve got to forgive ourselves that. I must remember to forgive myself. Because there’s an awful lot of gray to work with. No one can live in the light all the time.”