I made this photograph from a moving bus while rolling through one of Jaipur's neighborhoods. The eve of Holi, India's spring festival of colors, is known as The Evening of Bonfires. The fire symbolizes the destruction of evil. The next day the ashes from the bonfires are collected and smeared on the limbs of the celebrants. I made this image late in the evening from a side window. It was almost dark outside, and the bus was in motion. I knew the image would be blurred before I made it – I was shooting at the very slow shutter speed of 1/10th of a second. However the resulting camera shake would enhance my idea rather than detract from it. The 28mm wideangle focal length embraces the fire, the crowd, a column of smoke, and the surrounding buildings. The blur puts the scene into motion, and motion is the essence of celebration.