Bench determines form, color, and composition before she begins. In her series a very costly masque prepared but not shown, she references contemporaneous descriptions of sixteenth-century theatrical elements. Aleya creates a simple stage that includes a set, props, and costumes. With her camera set to a long exposure, She captures the movement of the figurepulling the light, color, and form across the picture planethereby creating an illusion of motion and, at the same time, one of reverie.