This youngster was hanging on to an oversized pendulum, an interactive work of public art on Santa Cruz’s Main Street. Her response to the device was ecstatic as she rocked back and forth on it. I was able to freeze this moment where she embraces the huge post with great zest and passion. The closed eyes and clenched fist express such human values quite well here. By converting it to a black and white image, I remove a competing distraction from her vivid blue sweater, and make the photo more symbolic -- less about this individual herself, and more about childhood play as a universal stage of life.