"The time allotted to us is analogous to the shutter of a camera; it opens with our birth, allowing in the small amount of light we must work with before it closes and the universe vanishes. With that light we must enter our "dark room" and develop our conception of existence--what we are, why we are here, and what is our relationship to the whole. There are [artifacts] laying around that others have left behind--scripture, books, images and institutions. Some of them were successful in capturing the Light, others only darkness visible."
-Robert Godwin