Harry at The Kudzu Files passed on to me the meme of “What images of famous people do you have in your studio, study, office, or workspace?” with the words that he “failed it miserably.”

Is it even possible to FAIL a meme? (Other than being so late to respond to the tagging that the meme is dead, as it might be in this case…)

Perhaps… because I have a similar response to the question as Harry does, but I suspect for different reasons.

I’ve moved so often recently that my office at work, my living room in my house (where I’m writing this now), and my home office have nothing on the walls. In the case of the latter two locations, they are strewn with boxes and discarded packing materials. The one image I have that might remotely qualify is a huge photo of Albert “Big Al” Einstein leaning against the wall in my home office among other prints and photos to be re-hung. I got this photo over 20 years ago when I worked in a bookstore and they had used this as a placard hanging from the ceiling to advertise that they carried science books.

Of course, I have never been much of a follower anyway, so I tend to not surround myself with archetypal images to inspire me (or even to goad me through a reaction against them), and I’ve never worshiped so-called “sports heroes” (which is a rant I will spare you of reading)…

Now, if the question were what books are stacked around that I refer to or are in the process of reading, the answer would be quite different, but that’s a post for another time.

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