%0 Journal Article
%T Light and Darkness
%A Paprzyca, Krystyna
%J Housing Environment
%V 2017
%R 10.4467/25438700SM.17.041.7662
%N 20/2017
%P 4-14
%K light – darkness, sensitivity, happiness, architecture, inner beauty
%@ 1731-2442
%D 2017
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/srodowisko-mieszkaniowe/article/light-and-darkness
%X 
	Light and darkness. Two completely opposite phenomena. Light stands for the truth which allows to learn. The path to cognition is a path of conversion, of returning from darkness to light. The light of reason, knowledge, which does not warm up, allows to learn about the world, people; it does not, however, bring love, it does not develop spiritually. In this paper it is associated with the symbol of life, it constitutes a synthesis of positive values, particularly important for the young generation. Night, darkness can also serve as a symbolic image of the actual existence in the world, which only too often has little in common with one’s dreams.
	The starting point for this paper are positive values; light is a symbol of hope, joy, happiness, optimism. Confrontation of youthful zeal with cold-hearted world deprives of illusions, sometimes even of dreams. Our reality is often grey, full of selfish people, consumerist lifestyle directed towards worldly possessions. Man is forced to exist in the world of objects, the light of which is not perfect. Hence man’s need to constantly search for the source of the utmost light. An element which is quite natural and results from man’s inherent needs, which is also man’s salvation, is recovering the spiritual sense of hearing and seeing – man’s internal, spiritual development. Reaching the utmost good constitutes the fulfilment of man’s spiritual potential.