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sapiens, thanks for your sensible comments.
My intention here is to simply show the images - point out the possibilities - ask the same types of questions you are asking. These are the general positions I've taken throughout the thread. I'm fine with people making up their own minds - based on their own knowledge, research, experience, insight - and their reading of this thread.
Given my MFA training and experience working within art, ad, and marketing contexts, I have experienced these techniques being commonly known, discussed, and often employed. They are also frequently dismissed as paranoid fantasy and/or ineffective at best.
An image that has been created as a part of a million-dollar-plus media campaign has been pored over for weeks. It has been pinned to the walls of many professionals (from art and production people to consumer researchers, marketing reps, and corporate execs) well-trained and well-paid in utilizing techniques to influence consumer behavior in every way.
No matter what one decides one sees here, this is in no way similar to a random image found in burnt toast.
Probably the most interesting thing to me about the topic in general is just what occurs in our lives that can be termed "conscious," "unconscious," or "subconscious" activity.
To make categorical statements about the veracity of particular claims of intentionality really doesn't interest me. I enjoy pursuing the subject and have been engaged in this study for decades. I find it alternatively amusing, entertaining, fascinating, and potentially illuminating. I present the material in the hope that it may hold some similar interest for others.
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