Enter, Winter
Winter enters, stage left, swift and decisive, peeping through windows, smiling at children clasping mugs of hot chocolate around kitchen tables; it delights in creating merriment and cheer despite hecklers seated in the balcony cursing its arctic flair. Winter doesn’t care. As far as it’s concerned, it brings to purpose to fire, context to Christmas, and business to Santa.
The audience applauds. Bursts of cheer thunder through the theater, beseeching an encore for which, much to their dismay, they must wait one year. Blowing snowflake kisses, winter bows, then exits stage right.
I am drawing with light in my living room. Tomorrow I may draw with light in my kitchen or bedroom, in my backyard, or at the park. My tool is neither a pen nor a pencil. It isn’t a computer or a mobile phone. My tool is my camera.
Mackenzie Finklea is an anthropologist and the author of Beyond the Halls: An Insider’s Guide to Loving Museums. While attending the University of Texas, she discovered her love of the humanities, human culture, and archaeology. She also developed an interest in museums and their cultural history. Mackenzie published Beyond the Halls to make museums more accessible, user-friendly, and fun for visitors seeking to enrich their experience.
