IMAGE DESCRIPTION: This image is grounded in two overlapping dark backgrounds: bare branches covered in Christmas lights and a view down the center of a commercial street. Since both pictures were taken at night, viewers get the impression of a dark background dotted with points of white light. The foreground includes an archway that is colored gold and adorned with paisley-shaped lanterns, several painted blotches of color, a pair of white hands pressed against an invisible barrier, and an area map with large visible waterways. The only words are IN/S/ER/T in large letters cut from magazines and “silence” in much smaller type. The word “silence” is circled in yellow and framed by a pair of hands posed to simulate toothy jaws. By happy accident, this is American Sign Language for alligator.