think of your physical shadow
it cannot exist without you
it cannot exist without an outside of you environment containing directed light
it moves when you move in relationship parallel
if you see your shadow, you know it is you and not just a trick of light and also not a toaster
but you would put it in the same category as the toaster?

Perhaps it's a matter of perspective.

Vantage point.


For instance last week while I was at the beach house, my friends and I were standing on the deck after it had gotten dark.

The light behind us was casting our shadows in front of us, onto the fog a few feet away.

I noted how dark my shadow appeared compared to theirs, which were very light.

So I decided to make mention of it.

JB then said how from his perspective, HIS shadow was the dark one, while ours were light.

I realized then that shadow is merely based on perspective.

:)