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# Pavel Florensky's reflection on the nature of the icon
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/predstavte-chto-vy-nakhodites-v-zakrytoi-komnate-no-est-polutemnoe-okno-skvoz-kotoroe-vy-dogadyvaetes-o-sushchestvovanii-drugogo-mira/
- Published: 2024-05-24T08:02:30.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:47:50.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Faith, Art, Books, People

Imagine that you are in a closed room, but there is a dimly lit window through which you begin to guess at the existence of another world.

Pavel Florensky, reflecting on what an icon is