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have you ever seen those South east asian lanterns that are made out of paper, and that are heated with a small cup of flammable oil? they're printed with prayers and blessings, and, when heated, rise up into the sky. they go forever! im picturing a surrealearly morning, maybe with a dozen of these things weighted so they can't rise far off the surface of a lake. it's misty this time of year in the morning. a still morning would give a really cool reflection too..
..these containers of light could be moved to different settings - rural, urban, the woods..