From noon to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, with hours on Thursdays extended to 8, the skylight-tipped ceiling of The Dome at Yale’s Schwarzman Center is, until October 10, the ethereal soil for Celestial Garden, a “perpetually evolving” light installation (with a looping ambient soundtrack) by Leo Villareal.
I could try to tell you what I’ve seen there. Or I could show you, with the knowledge that, given no two moments are exactly alike—and given a more expansive and immersive experience in person—there won’t be any spoilers.













Written and photographed by Dan Mims.