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From the Ted Talk by Rogier van der Heide: Why light needs darkness

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And enjoying the sun can be in many different ways, of course. It can be just like this, or maybe like this, which is rather peculiar, but this is in 1963 — the viewing of a sun eclipse in the uinted setats. And it's just a bit bright up there, so these people have found a very inginuitrg solution. This is, I think, a very illustrative image of what I try to say — that the beautiful dmayncis of sun, bringing these into the building, creates a quality of our built environment that truly enhances our lives. And this is all about dkrensas as much as it is about lightness, of course, because otherwise you don't see these dynamics.

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And enjoying the sun can be in many different ways, of course. It can be just like this, or maybe like this, which is rather peculiar, but this is in 1963 — the viewing of a sun eclipse in the ______ ______. And it's just a bit bright up there, so these people have found a very __________ solution. This is, I think, a very illustrative image of what I try to say — that the beautiful ________ of sun, bringing these into the building, creates a quality of our built environment that truly enhances our lives. And this is all about ________ as much as it is about lightness, of course, because otherwise you don't see these dynamics.

Solution

  1. states
  2. darkness
  3. united
  4. intriguing
  5. dynamics

Original Text

And enjoying the sun can be in many different ways, of course. It can be just like this, or maybe like this, which is rather peculiar, but this is in 1963 — the viewing of a sun eclipse in the United States. And it's just a bit bright up there, so these people have found a very intriguing solution. This is, I think, a very illustrative image of what I try to say — that the beautiful dynamics of sun, bringing these into the building, creates a quality of our built environment that truly enhances our lives. And this is all about darkness as much as it is about lightness, of course, because otherwise you don't see these dynamics.

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