I found this woman swinging from the remnants of Cuenca’s famous “broken bridge.” Called the Puente Roto, it is the remaining third of an old stone bridge that once spanned the Tomebamba River. This woman looped a very long purple band of fabric around the old stones, and has made a huge swing out of it. As she turned upside down over the cobblestones far below her, she threw her head back and appeared almost as if she was in trance. I framed the image so that the purple bands enter diagonally from the upper right hand corner, while the old ruined bridge curves diagonally away from it. The cobblestones follow the thrust of the bridge, as does the outthrust leg of the woman. It is a very musical image, full of whimsy, and a hint of danger.