The orchard

In still images of The Orchard Pond the scene is depicted as
,a bright vision basking in wintery sun: Seen here in an aerial view
Marcus’s head seems like a dark protrusion floating amidst the citrus.
fruits in orange and green. His utopian pool is surrounded by a variety
,of fruit-bearing trees – oranges, grapefruits, lemons and pommel fruits
all freshly washed by the recent rainstorms.
Yet this ravishing sight merely heightens the anachronism inherent in the
economical branch, a material culture and a way of life that are no longer
viable – while Marcus himself, thus immersed in the water, among
the fruit, rather recalls an obscure ritualistic undertaking or a curious
still life arrangement scene