Poetry
May 30th, 2006
Sometimes the elegance of a single photo can truly strike you. I wish I had a larger version of this picture, but this one from a CNN set (via DKos) will have to do. Taken by a family member of a returning soldier, this is the kind of photo you expect to win a Pulitzer for its simplicity and its symbolism. You see no faces, and yet the image could not be more full of expression. A father returning home to what is most important to him, his weapon casually yet significantly discarded. The composition could not be more perfect. One could write volumes and yet not articulate as exquisitely as this as desirable a resolution to conflict.