tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post9077738943358236828..comments2024-03-27T00:32:29.877-07:00Comments on Photos and Stuff: Pictures with Weightamolitorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-1930733206349643262017-03-18T21:27:39.475-07:002017-03-18T21:27:39.475-07:00I am still very smug about that metaphor, thank yo...I am still very smug about that metaphor, thank you for noticing!<br /><br />I spent some time this afternoon looking at dates, and there appear to be several cases in which the events "caused by" such and such a photo actually predate the picture, which is a bit of an oops.<br /><br />I might have more to say on this, but it's possible that much "super-saturated solution" metaphor might just be bunk. Well, it describes WWI pretty well, but it's not clear it works for pictures at all.<br />amolitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-21963434333642618742017-03-18T10:12:12.550-07:002017-03-18T10:12:12.550-07:00"The iconic photos dropped into a super-satur..."The iconic photos dropped into a super-saturated solution of change, and change obligingly crystallized violently around them"... Very nice metaphor indeed.<br /><br />My sense, though, is that any change is retrospective, most of us not being in a position to affect the course of history one way or another. Like those earliest childhood memories -- partly real, partly constructed out of scraps of family legend -- our sense of history is mediated by those "iconic" images. I was 9 in '63, have no idea where I was on Nov 22nd, but have a very strong sense of what the Kennedy assassination looked like. I was *there*... Well, kind of.<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.com