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Article: The Image of Hope. (Artist's Pages).(Ted Engelmann)(Brief Article)
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- Afterimage
- Article date:
- November 1, 2001
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September 11,2001...images flood the mind...visions of a commercial jetliner slicing into a tall office building like hot butter, belching fire and debris out the other side. Office workers and passengers died instantly as the jet punctured the building windows and jet fuel flashed through the tower floor in a rage of fire.
For the past week, these images of disaster have been played out across the TV screens of America. Parents are being told by the American Red Cross to turn off the TV and limit the amount of visual stimulation kids are receiving, for fear of children being retraumatized.
I wonder about the overload of information coupled with the ...