A woman walks through one of the courtyards within Mandalay's splendid Maha Muni Pagoda at sunset. As she stepped into the golden light, I couldn't help but wonder what she might have been thinking at that moment. I was fascinated at how the brilliant red tiles were transformed into golden pools when reflected within the paving of the plaza. I photographed person after person walking across this spot, until this woman gave meaning to those colors by folding her arms in thought and then walked, one foot before the other, into the gold.