Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Here at Pfeifer we have always loved a stunning sunset at the end of a long happy day. To sit for a few peaceful moments and feel the warmth of the full sun, watching as it slowly slips below the horizon, fading from view. It’s a moment of reflection of the day past and anticipation of the new day to come.
But today as the sun sinks into the west, the fading light feels so much more permanent and no sunset to come will ever be quite the same.
In loving memory of Leonhard’s father Manfred
08.09.1944 - 24.02.2024
Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they - Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight, Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Photography by Leonhard Pfeifer - Neeme, Harju Country, Estonia 2013.
BURNT ORANGE is one of SNOCKER.Shop’s colour stories, inspired by our love of the natural world. We are storytellers at heart and tell our stories through our work - material choices, experimentation, process and the final form. Each piece of furniture we design has these story thoughts woven into them and by sharing the process of development with you, a deeper understanding and connection grows.
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x Karla and Leonhard
