roachboy

i think that the problem with this shot is that it invites comparisons between obama's posture and the relative up-rightness of the finger in the foreground. faced with such an artificial standard of up-rightness, i would be grumpy too.

but i like that shot---i like all the As--in the sign, in the background (the building), inverted in the clapping hands--and the O's--in the hand that bears aloft the Important Index relative to which Scale is imputed (rightly or wrongly)--and the main circuit of O's that connects the shape of obama's head to the O in the center of the wavy flaglines to the O of the hand which holds aloft the Important Index.

many vowels: they're spraying all over the place.
too chaotic for television, that.
not Focused Enough on the Image of the Leader.
the Leader has to Subdue Vowels.
if he can't subdue vowels, where does that leave us?

that'll change after the election.
you'll have the image you want, pan.
don't worry.

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