One goat. Many tether poles. It is an incongruous situation, made coherent by the use of layers. A foreground layer holds a tether pole. It serves as an entry point into the image. It draws us to the one holding the lonely goat – the primary subject layer in this image. A sea of tether poles and piles of hay comprise the next layer, while the buildings of the farm, one of them build in traditional style, makes up the final layer. A twisting path of straw carries us from layer to layer, each one adding incongruous scale context to the sole goat.