The soft reflected light falling on the face of this figure atop a 14th century sculpted column in the Monastery’s cloister creates a timeless image – it almost comes to life before us. I often think of the flow of light and shadow as sculptural in itself. It reveals as it hides, offering our imaginations food for thought. Some might opt to convert this image to black and white since there is very little color in it. I did not choose to do so. The tiny amount of color here is subtle but important – it is the palette of the middle ages itself, a bit of beige, a trace of purple, wrapped in the softness of gentle, indirect light. It is what gives this image its title.