Description

Civic architecture strives for perfection. Humans delight in order but we need something more, too. Our deep psyches scream for just one flaw in a flawless tapestry.

A maintenance worker has been lax. An unattended gate is open to trespassers. There is a kind of persistent pleasure in this, just as youth found joy there amid the geometry.

The quiet imperfections in the scene, noticed or not, give this photograph more interest and staying power.