by Charles Cameron | Feb 9, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — Muslim and Sikh memorial photos have similar aesthetic & emotional appeal ] . I’ve long been interested in the death photos used in AQ and IS propaganda, several of which Chris Anzalone [aka Ibn Siqilli] has documented, eg:...
by Charles Cameron | Feb 9, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — a mental long-jump, following Sceenius: the macro in micro, Nepal ] . It’s a stretch, I know, and whether it will prove a useful leap or not I have no idea — but for the record, this detail from slide 8 of the Sceenius promo...
by Charles Cameron | Oct 12, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — further passing notes in the virtual music of ideas, including meditations for glass bead game players ] . From the agile algorithmic eyes at Archillect: pic.twitter.com/UYPCmKzpDW — Archillect (@archillect) October 12, 2015 A match...
by Charles Cameron | Mar 6, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — the geometry of two miracle stories from Abdullah Azzam ] . These two tales are taken from Abdullah Azzam, Signs of ar-Rahman in the Jihad of Afghan. ** Binary oppositions seem to be basic to the human thought process, and this simple,...
by Charles Cameron | Jan 17, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — not to mention crushing Khomeini, lubing your M16, and that Afghan powerpoint ] . Andrei Rublev, The Archangel Michael ** In my previous post, Of morale, angels and Spartans, I raised the question of how our increasingly visual and...
