This wooden horse is displayed in the show window of a Cochin antique shop. I was fascinated by the flaking paint, colors, and detail that gives this horse its distressed character as an object of value. I also noticed that a colorful, richly detailed Indian rug was hanging directly behind the horse. Shooting through the glass show window, I was able to get both that rug and the horse into sharp focus. The background and foreground blend to create an incongruous illusion. This image seems to ask the question, “Is this a picture of a rug and a horse, or is it a picture of a rug containing a horse as part of its design?”