Who is Claire Marie de la Grange? Some people say I am the wind that blows the candle out just as the lightning flashes. Other people say I am a gradient, shades of gray to black. I say that I am neither light nor dark—more a shadow that can be seen in both worlds. I like that. Being dark when it is dark, striking a match when my eyes start to hurt. Perhaps, that is how I survive in Las Vegas amidst the false light and plastic—being a shadow. .