Early Spring Seminar in Glass Room

Cool window light floods the glass-walled seminar room just before sunrise, casting long, soft shadows along the white walls. Inside, a small group gathers around a polished wooden table scattered with open notebooks and steel pens. The participants wear heavy wool sweaters, their hands resting on the cool surface. Through the floor-to-ceiling glass, wet brick roofs of nearby buildings glisten with morning rain, reflecting the gray sky. Dust motes hang motionless in the pale light above the chairs. The scene holds an institutional calm, with no movement except the subtle shift of a hand turning a page. One pencil rolls slightly toward the edge of the table.