(In progress)
At summer solstice in New York City, tens of thousand viewers gather at sunset to bask into the golden light, sharing a sense of awe and togetherness that invokes sacred rites. In my neighborhood, children converge to the water playground and join a spell-binding shadow play. Water binds to sunlight to create tiny brush strokes, wrapping kids, exuberant or contemplative, into a protective shower of color.