Note: Thanks to Jim and Elizabeth, I learned that my header photo is not seen by all, unless they actually visit the site. I am including it here so that it will show up. I also removed the meme. ~ Bill
The new header image I selected for Dispassionate Doubt is a photo called Old man on a bench, Santiago.jpg. It’s from Wikimedia Commons, a free media repository.
I like the picture and hope to write at least one ekphrastic poem from it. I assume others have.
I don’t use the word resonate often. But that man, his posture and expression, his clothing and surroundings, his hair and skin all combine to arouse my emotional curiosity. I want to know what he is thinking and why. I want to know his back story.
Why do I like the photo? Why do I relate?
I want to tell his story.
I am a septuagenarian who likes to sit on benches and watch life happen. I prefer earlier darker periods of mornings and the later evenings better—just before day light and just after.
I use the word ponder regularly because I enjoy my private contemplation and brooding meditation. I like to muse about life and to write my thoughts.
Look at him. What is he thinking? What do you think?
Dispassionate Doubt 
He’s thinking if he’d kept a blog since the internet began, he’d have all the best stories of his life written and he could enjoy a nice cuppa with a satisfied smile.
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Or, “I cudda bought Amazon @ 13 a share.” 😙
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Ahaha!
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The header photo is only seen when you actually “visit” a blog. Most folks won’t see it because they’re reading your posts via their “reader” feeds. That’s the difference between visits and views on your stats page.
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Ok. Thanks Elizabeth.
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The sunset with the aphorism is what I got. No guy on the bench
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I updated the post. I don’t usually rely on the header pic, but this was good to know.
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I don’t see it in the post.
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You don’t see the header photo?
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