Illusions

We do not err because truth is difficult to see. It is visible at a glance. We err because this is more comfortable.”

Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Look at the image. Describe what you see.

Did you see the shopping cart in the lower right? Don’t feel bad if you didn’t. Lots of people don’t.

IMG_3133I lived for a lot of years in Newark, Ohio. It’s a midsize town about 40 miles east of Columbus. Lots of history, lots of interesting things to photograph. Famed photographer Clarence White did some of his more important work while living in Newark.

Anyway, Newark was on the Ohio Canal, and throughout the city there are various wall-size murals depicting some aspect of Newark. One of these — on Canal Street where the canal actually ran– shows a winter scene with folks skating on the frozen canal.

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