Week Two: The Warm Italian Sun

This summer I studied abroad in Arezzo,Italy. In the villa where we stayed and had our classes at there was no air conditioning and no blinds for the windows. Natural light and air was something I became quite familiar with, and to be honest I found the natural light to be beautiful and very inspirational. It was something not many people took notice of (or actually more so something they complained about), but I learned to appreciate it. The Teatrino (small theatre in Italian) pictured at the left is where I spent most of my time. I had class there all day, and would even spend some of my breaks there as well. At a certain time of day when the sun hits the windows just right (which I tried to capture in this photo) the room was so full of natural light. It felt so nice to just bask in the glow of light coming through the open windows. As I mentioned before, I found this to be very inspirational. Around this time of day I would often sit at the keyboard in the corner and write music. The warmness of the natural light really gave me a comfort in the room. It was easy to soak it all in and come up with warm melodies and lyrics to represent how the sunlight and the warm colors comforted me.