I photographed a huge commercial barge bearing down on our small passenger barge from behind and was struck by the power of its redundancy. I abstract it down to a massive set of glowing mirror images in steel, symbolizing the nature of its function and operation in the process. By isolating and thereby stressing the double anchors, I am symbolically suggesting that two of them are better than one. The huge barge either needs twice as much stability when it rides at anchor, or else it’s owners and sailors must feel that it’s always important to have an extra one on hand, just in case! Not only are the two anchors mirror images of each other, so is the name of barge itself. We see it twice, because the people who own and operate this barge have made sure that it could be seen from either side. The redundancy of the name is also a symbol. It represents the sense of pride the owners must have in their barge. Redundancy represents things that can be omitted without loss of function. It also represents things that may not be always needed but are nice to have around in case something goes wrong. This barge image offers an ideal metaphor for such a concept.