We shot in and around a half-demolished barn for a half hour, and this image was the first of many. It turned out to be the most expressive of all. The barn door is falling off its hinges, missing a board at the bottom, and leaning precariously. It seems about to be consumed by the pine tree that embraces it. The dappled morning sun softly illuminates the weathered boards, and the double X pattern is symbolically appropriate. The barn itself is about to be “X’d out.”