It's about mappings between different perceptual domains, like hardness, sharpness, brightness and darkness, and the phonemes that we're able to speak with.

But I also think of Peter Zumthor's spa in Vals, where light and dark, in very gentle combinations, alter each other to define the space.

in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness.

In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night

God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.

And God saw the light, that it was good and God divided the light from the darkness.

A short while ago, a piece of news stabbed my heart hard and petrified my eyes in disbelief.

But I would like to talk further about the combination of light and darkness as a quality in our life.

Edward Hopper was a real master in creating the narration by working with light and dark.

It is sparsely haired and dark, and there is no difference in color between the upper and lower side.

For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples but Yahweh will arise on you, and his glory shall be seen on you.

Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw the stone taken away from the tomb.

For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.

Turn off the light, please.

He forgot to turn off the light.

While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light. Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself from them.

While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.

Monika Bulaj The hidden light of Afghanistan

My heart with you oh you holders of the light

It came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night and the one didn't come near the other all the night.

And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these so that the one came not near the other all the night.

Manila in the Claws of Light (Philippines, 1975)

Nor darkness and light ,

And neither are darkness and brightness !

the shadows and the light ,

Neither darknesses and light ,

Nor are ( alike ) the darkness ( disbelief ) and the light ( Belief in Islamic Monotheism ) .

Nor are the darkness and the light .

nor darkness and light

Nor is darkness ( tantamount to ) light

nor are darkness and light .

Nor are the darknesses and the light ,

nor are darkness and light

Nor the darkness and the light ,

nor are the darkness and the light

Nor are the depths of Darkness and the Light

He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.

Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain

And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light for their works were evil.

This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light for their works were evil.

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

Screenshot from Manila Under the Claws of Light.