The soft, dappled light falling on this gravestone evokes the very sentiment engraved on its face – “May she rest in peace.” The interplay of light and shadow is not only peaceful. It also provides abstraction and symbolism. In this case, what the shadows withhold is as important as what the light reveals. We can easily see a cross, a memorial phrase, the last name, the year of death, and the national origin. The first name, age, and town of origin, are abstracted -- implied rather than defined, because they are obscured by mysterious shadows. Those shadows can symbolize the mysteries of death itself.