This Kissinger image (by David Levine) is one of 320 illustrations—by 142 of the world’s most acclaimed contemporary artists – that The New York Times itself originally commissioned for its Op-Ed Pages, but then got cold feet about running, and eventually paid more than $1 million in “kill fees” to hide from public view (sometimes for as long as 38 years).

Why Did The New York Times Kill This Image of Henry Kissinger?
 (Not for His Naked Butt Cheeks!)
By Steve Brown – AlterNet (9 Mar 2009)

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  2. I beg to differ on the explanation. Most people will say carrot when asked for a vegetable name.

  3. Words appeal to our conscious minds, images to our subconscious. A single image, if contrasting enough against our usual thoughts of a subject, can provide an alternate lens/perspective through which to view that subject. Sometimes whether we want to use it or not. I wouldn’t say our subconscious minds run the show, but they draw up our first impressions and often determine what we focus on in the first place.

    I look at the subconscious mind as activity that hasn’t passed through the thresh-hold of awareness. I’ll post a trick I found on youtube that demonstrates how these not-quite thoughts can guide our thinking. I think the real power of imagery is that our subconscious minds do not differentiate well if at all between false and real images. I believe that to our subconscious minds, everything we see is valid. But I believe in evolution so my main supporting argument for that would leave us at an impass.

    So here is that little game/trick. After following a couple instructions, you’ll be asked to make a choice, please answer out loud with the first response that comes to mind.

    Point at each number while reading them out loud.

    2
    2 2
    2 2
    2 2
    2 2
    2 2
    222

    Read these numbers out loud

    14

    18

    24

    Name a vegetable

    Answer below has each word backwards:
    tsoM elpoep esoohc torrac esuaceb eht epahs fo eht tsrif srebmun selbmeser eno dna eht rettal
    srebmun era nommoc starac rof yrlewej.

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