I was about to photograph the repeating rhythms and simple patterns on this bench below the ornate rhythms of the fence when this monk came by and sat down. He offered a focal point for the image that creates a striking change of pace. The rhythms here are insistent and are made more prominent by the light that strikes them. The monk sits in a chair next to the bench, and looks back at us from the shadows. When we have an image based largely on rhythm and pattern, it often can be effective to break those rhythms with a focal point. That is what I do here. The image, which began as a study of rhythm and pattern, concludes as an environmental portrait of the monk, with the rhythm and pattern now serving as context.