Winter School Bench in Computer Lab

Fluorescent lamplight cuts through the deep winter night, illuminating a long wooden bench positioned along a corridor wall inside a computer lab near Dali. Colorful posters for the spring play hang in rows above, their edges catching the glow of overhead fixtures. Dust motes drift visibly in the bright shafts of light that pierce the room, settling on the worn surface of the bench and the scattered papers beneath. The shallow depth of field blurs the rows of computer monitors in the background, keeping focus on the empty seating area. Cold gray light falls through high windows, against the warm yellow of the study lamps. One crumpled napkin rests on the floor near the bench leg, untouched by the quiet activity of the empty room.