The old Fox Theatre in downtown Bakersfield was once a palace of dreams for moviegoers growing up in the middle of the last century. Using a camera with a 28mm wideangle lens, I tried to evoke a dreamlike feeling in this image of the Art Deco tiling that swirls out of the shadows gathering around the theatre’s original box office. I use the brilliant reflection of sunlight on the shiny tile to pull the eye into both the box office and the design of the tile. I repeat the curve of the tile design with a curving black shadow of the theatre marquee that occupies almost half the frame. This black curve is the portion of the image I left open for viewers to fill in their own details. This bold abstraction could represent the symbolic darkness of the theatre within, or perhaps the ominous threat of the wrecking ball that hangs over many old movie palaces.