Nighthawks

     The light next to the darkness is a composition whose use is very frequent, which seeks to portray the delineation of emotions, which in most cases were of small proportions with great effects. One of them being the implication of loneliness, the disproportion of a tangible entity which is able to hold your head against his shoulder. That happened a lot in American society, but not only taking topics such as the mental, but also taking with it social areas; everyone felt lonely in the 40's.

There were many American artists, but Edward Hopper was the only one who was able to translate and portray the loneliness and silence; executing the aforementioned composition, thus achieving the reality of the American dream, darkening the great cities of the United States with the atmosphere of the time that surrounded him. An example would be the nightly blackouts that were made during the bombing of Pearl Harbor, where the effects of the citizens was a great concern and discouragement before the facts.

Morning Sun by Edward Hopper

Made in 1952

     This was Hopper's muse to paint one of the most famous works in the world, "Nighthawk" whose term comes from the definition of Night Owl. The work is like a fishbowl, capable of being like a time capsule, returning us to an old New York City alone and night, where thanks to the population of the dying darkness highlights the urban diner, visited by four people; four, who seem to be complete strangers, having the customers: starting with the couple and the person in the back. Having the waiter as the last of these. All shared the fullness of loneliness, each one with different degrees, being one of the most affected the man whose back is turned to us, just by looking at him we would realize the drowning in his thoughts.

This vision of a modern urban life affected by emptiness and the prominence of loneliness was very recurrent in Hopper's works. With the creation of the fluorescent lights, he contributed the representative touch to the work due to the peculiar atmosphere that dazzled before the emptiness of the street.
Where it makes us remember that this painting is the mirror of many or the warning sign for others, rethinking that the world around us is moldable and if it is molded we will also be molded. Granting us the position of witnesses of the catastrophes that exist in the world and how they affect us.

     This does not cause consolation, because reality leads to other directions of uncertainty turning continually the appearance of the indignation of being alone; an emotion so complex to handle.

"If it could be said in words, there would be no reason to paint it"

- Edward Hooper