Yesterday, I cheated on my blog.
Luckily, since my readership is now up to 3.5 people a day somebody caught my minor indiscretion.
Typically, when I post an image on this site it directly reflects the post (either through a brand logo or other image of a business/brand or killer YouTube video, yes I just used the word “killer”). When I toss something on a post that is hmm…I guess “artsy” would be the word, I jump over to CreativeCommons Search for a “commercial use/modifiable” image. People have tremendous stuff (in my most humble of opinions) on Flickr and I’d like to think a blog can serve as a pseudo-gallery for some recreational photography.
I was a little lazy yesterday and reverted to an old (proverbial “first-time” blogger) habit: the dreaded “Google Image” search.
I found a great little picture as the 2nd return on my search for “living funeral”:
Turns out this thought-provoking little image is actually a painting by Ellis Wilson, go figure. I mean you can even see the signature in the bottom right-hand corner. In my haste, I posted the image (unaccredited, nonetheless) and went on my way.
About an hour later, a few of the guys around the NGAGE office (@daveyjohnson and @eammon, respectively) decided that they had seen the image before, in fact, remembered in quite vivdly, “hanging over the firepace proper” of the Huxtable house in the Cosby Show.
For your viewing pleasure (Season 2, Episode 13 “The Auction”):
So long story short, be mindful of the images you post. You never know what memory they might conjure up from a sweet 80′s sitcom. (sidenote: I did catch a few facts about Ellis Wilson which I would have otherwise never knew, so hey, I got that going for me).
Peace.
mjb
