By moving well below this man doing Tai Chi on a Shanghai monument to China’s revolution, I was able to create an echo effect, linking the interlocked position of his arms to the juxtaposed hammer and sickle on the wall just below him. By moving to my left, I am also able to shift the position of the man towards the right side of the frame, linking the direction of his Tai Chi thrust to the flow of the rhythmic pattern of rays coming out of that hammer and sickle emblem. My low vantage point places him directly between that emblem and the Chinese inscription behind him. My low perspective not only energizes the image by mobilizing its rhythms and patterns -- it also suggests that China’s historical past may be very much alive in this man’s mind. It also demonstrates how critical our vantage point can be in terms of organizing rhythms and patterns as meaning.