Rows of memorial tablets commemorate the dead at this old temple. Typically, such tablets are elaborate tributes. This group, however, is not. The tablets are simple blocks of inscribed wood. Photographs of the dead are often tucked in next to them. An accidental fire has singed and discolored both the tablets and the photographs. I layer this image by anchoring it with three haunting, badly discolored memorial photographs. The rhythmic repetition of the tablets moves the eye back to a second layer and three more photographs with smaller, less distinct detail. The third layer contains more repetitive rows of tablets, gradually fading into soft focus. The rhythms create a pattern that symbolizes the inevitable. This haunted image reminds us that life and death is a continuous process, without end.