This painting depicts a park at night, including a lake, a long-necked white bird, a series of trees, and several groups of flowers. This work is part of a series by the artist that focuses on color, memory and personal mythology. The color blue, especially indigo, has historically been used in art to suggest the subconscious, as well as dream states and the mystical. Ruecker frequently uses a blue palette in his works that depict flowers. The resulting compositions invoke a sense of melancholy in viewers, as they contemplate the ephemeral nature of life.