Let There Be Light

The matter of Age writing has been on my mind a lot recently and as I too settle down to once again explore the many possibilities of The Art, I have also been thinking of the ancient D'ni and the conditions under which they wrote their Ages. In particular - illumination. It would seem for most creative people their surrounding environment has a direct bearing on their creative output - e.g. natural daylight for the artist, solitude and silence for the writer. I would imagine therefore that the D'ni would aim to practice their Art in an atmosphere that was conducive to concentration and creative description.

Here is my concept of what a traditional Writer's lamp may have looked like, specifically designed to provide soft, subdued and shadowed illumination that fired the Writer's imagination.