Gold is not the absence of shadow.

The ALM pressmark: Avery Lane Maxwell, Frisco, Colorado

The Gold Lives Here · 2 October 2026

Gold is not the absence of shadow. It is what happens when light reaches something at the right angle.

Avery Lane Maxwell

From The Gold Lives Here, a prelude from Galena House Audio, written and spoken on a bicycle ride through Frisco, Colorado, at the gold hour.

Main Street in Frisco at the gold hour, a long shadow across the brick, the line set in the sky above it. — Main Street, Frisco · the gold hour

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To quote it: “Gold is not the absence of shadow. It is what happens when light reaches something at the right angle.” Avery Lane Maxwell, The Gold Lives Here (Galena House Audio, 2 October 2026).
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