Silent Night
by Kathy Bassett
Title
Silent Night
Artist
Kathy Bassett
Medium
Painting - Watercolor - Mixed Media.
Description
Painted soon after such a chaotic time that had the world at its' knees. I have since held it in my heart as a message of peace, truth and a reminder for evening thankfulness before bed, to remind us the value of peaceful mindfulness in the world the way it currently appears to be, at least in the media. And as we approach the darkening early skies a look at the meaning of the winter solstice time: a time of reflection. :
The winter solstice is the time at which the sun appears at noon at its lowest altitude above the horizon. In the Northern Hemisphere this is the Southern solstice, the time at which the Sun is at its southernmost point in the sky, which usually occurs on December 21 to 22 each year. In the Southern Hemisphere this is the Northern solstice, the time at which the Sun is at its northernmost point in the sky, which usually occurs on June 20 to 21 each year.The axial tilt of Earth and gyroscopic effects of the planet's daily rotation keep the axis of rotation pointed at the same point in the sky. As the Earth follows its orbit around the Sun, the same hemisphere that faced away from the Sun, experiencing winter, will, in half a year, face towards the Sun and experience summer. Since the two hemispheres face opposite directions along the planetary pole, as one polar hemisphere experiences winter, the other experiences summer.
More evident from high latitudes, a hemisphere's winter solstice occurs on the shortest day and longest night of the year, when the sun's daily maximum elevation in the sky is the lowest. Since the winter solstice lasts only a moment in time, other terms are often used for the day on which it occurs, such as "midwinter", "the longest night", "the shortest day" or "the first day of winter". The seasonal significance of the winter solstice is in the reversal of the gradual lengthening of nights and shortening of days. The earliest sunset and latest sunrise dates differ from winter solstice, however, and these depend on latitude, due to the variation in the solar day throughout the year caused by the Earth's elliptical orbit (see earliest and latest sunrise and sunset).
Worldwide, interpretation of the event has varied from culture to culture, but many cultures have held a recognition of rebirth, involving holidays, festivals, gatherings, rituals or other celebrations around that time.
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October 7th, 2013
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Comments (24)
Kathy Bassett
Thank you for the extra views with Silent Night on your homepage of Greeting Cards for All Occasions, Darren!
Kathy Bassett
Eva! Thank you very much for the honor of a feature on your Christmas Themed Cards group! :)
Kathy Bassett
Hi Annie! Thank you for the feature of Silent Night in your awesome Visual Voice group!
Kathy Bassett
Than you for including Silent Night in your Beauty group, James! and on the home page!:)
Kathy Bassett
Your lovely comment is so appreciated, Joyce! Thank you for the L/f and also, your work is just lovely !
Kathy Bassett
Thank you - I sure appreciate your comment Mother Nature!:)) and thank you for the F/L5!!
Mother Nature
F/L5 This is lovely, Kathy. Beautifully done:>) Congratulations on your feature in Cards For All Occasions.
Jordan Blackstone
Congratulations! Your work is being Featured in CARDS FOR ALL OCCASIONS! Awesome work! v/f
Kathy Bassett replied:
Very nice! Thank you Jordan, for enjoying and featuring my Silent Night in your CARDS FOR ALL OCCASIONS!!