Many men walk by day; few walk by night. It is a very different season. Take a July night, for instance. About ten o'clock,—when man is asleep, and day fairly forgotten,—the beauty of moonlight is seen over lonely pastures where cattle are silently feeding.

-Henry David Thoreau, “Night and Moonlight”

The title of this collaborative piece comes from “Night and Moonlight” which was published in “The Atlantic Monthly Magazine” in November 1863. Artists Mary Temple and Jon Rappleye found resonance in Thoreau’s observations about the how differently the landscape presents itself by the light of night than by daylight. Their subtle project is located in the gallery’s east window. The faint impression of the bird that has lost its way is recorded on the pane in combination with the porcelain bird on the floor alludes to challenges of night navigation that Thoreau discusses in his essay.