Center for Strategic Communication

On the history of the selfie

[ by Charles Cameron — on self representation, avatars, and what we may be missing ] . Caravaggio, Martha and Mary Magdalen, aka The Conversion of the Magdalen** Where to begin? The Washington Post doesn’t like selfies much, according to Galen Guengerich...

Serpent logics: a ramble

[ by Charles Cameron — continuing my exploration of a pattern language of thoughts, both verbal and imagistic ] . This is a ship-shipping ship, shipping shipping ships. pic.twitter.com/GqzTB866WK via @usmanm — Nat. Maritime Museum (@NMMGreenwich) October...

Sunday surprise 5: once in a blues moon

[ by Charles Cameron — time for some more surprises, this time in stone and jazz — plus an afterimage of WWI ] . First, a master-class in the craft of the blues: Second, the moon: And third, because of the violence in Kenya, Pakistan, Syria … get me...

Photographic enantiodromia at the Zaynab shrine?

[ by Charles Cameron — in recognition that Photoshop is a weapon that can turn enemies into friends, at least within Photoshop! ] . How to describe this? It’s a DoubleQuote in Two Tweets from Phillip Smyth in which [Almnost] the Same Photo of a Guy with an...