after the fall

after the fall, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

"After the fall" - Arthur Miller
The stage is dark. Now there is a sense that some figure has moved in the farthest distance; a footstep is heard, then others. As light dimly rises, the persons in the play move in a random way up from beneath the high back platform. Some sit at once others come farther downstage, they seem to recognize each other, still others move alone and in total separateness.

The snow fell all day on December 2 2006, this is two days later, within the campus of "Shandong Institute of Business and Technology", early morning light shinning brightly through the beech trees.
photo: mhobbs