On Jan 26, 2017, I was invited to participate in a panel at the Museum of Contemporary Photography for their new exhibit, Viviane Sassen: UMBRA. Experts from a variety of disciplines were brought together to discuss the ways in which the idea of the shadow figures into their professional practice. The panel included Mary Dougherty, Jungian psychoanalyst and art psychotherapist; Dr. Andrew Johnson, Vice President of Astronomy and Collections at the Adler Planetarium; Chicago-based author of ‘Heartbreaker’ Maryse Meijer, Myra Su, a narrative artist specializing in storytelling through puppetry and theater, and Viviane Sassen.