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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Mon, Aug 14 2006
Michael
Reuters had a story yesterday on the easing of flight restrictions, following the foiled attempt of an attack on airliners. It's actually a rather typical news story, with both generalities and specifics.
What really caught my eye was not the story content, but rather the Reuters photo of Michael Chertoff to the left of the web story. Note the photographic centering of Mr. Chertoff's cranium. I had this fleeting flashback of seeing art and icons in which Jesus Christ's head is similarly surrounded by a three-quarter circle of light with rays of one sort or another emanating from the center. You can see some examples of this sort of thing here, here and here. I don't know if anyone else in the blogosphere has commented on this strange picture, but it was just one of those things that made me wonder if the photographer centered Mr. Chertoff's head that way to make an artistic statement, to make a spiritual statement, to center the photo in a mathematically-pleasing way, or to be sarcastic. Of course, it's always possible that it was a complete accident. In any case, it gave me a rather creepy feeling. And it certainly doesn't help that Mr. Chertoff's first name happens to be Michael.
posted at: 08:13 | category: /Religious and Spiritual | link to this entry
Reuters had a story yesterday on the easing of flight restrictions, following the foiled attempt of an attack on airliners. It's actually a rather typical news story, with both generalities and specifics.
What really caught my eye was not the story content, but rather the Reuters photo of Michael Chertoff to the left of the web story. Note the photographic centering of Mr. Chertoff's cranium. I had this fleeting flashback of seeing art and icons in which Jesus Christ's head is similarly surrounded by a three-quarter circle of light with rays of one sort or another emanating from the center. You can see some examples of this sort of thing here, here and here. I don't know if anyone else in the blogosphere has commented on this strange picture, but it was just one of those things that made me wonder if the photographer centered Mr. Chertoff's head that way to make an artistic statement, to make a spiritual statement, to center the photo in a mathematically-pleasing way, or to be sarcastic. Of course, it's always possible that it was a complete accident. In any case, it gave me a rather creepy feeling. And it certainly doesn't help that Mr. Chertoff's first name happens to be Michael.
posted at: 08:13 | category: /Religious and Spiritual | link to this entry
