I remember when I was a kid, living in Princeton, there was this old pinup in the back of the kitchen pantry. It was a black and white picture of a huge polar bear, sprawled lazily on its back and facing the camera, with one giant paw raised in the air. I'm pretty sure the caption underneath read "Today I may rise, but I refuse to shine". When I was really young though, the image just never made sense to me, it looked like two creatures. One that vaguely resembled a bear, and the other some kinda crazy monster that had thrown the bear to the ground and was now looking over its shoulder. I still remember the minor epiphany I had when I finally recognized it as being just one polar bear. The monster was obviously the bear’s paw, with the pads resembling eyes and a mouth, and the claws being little horns on its head.
Yeah, whatever…. This picture reminded me of that one.
