Thursday, October 6, 2016

Illusion

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Oz . . . or 2016

“A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is great.”

—Saul Bellow (1915-2005), Canadian-American novelist, illusionist and Pulitzer/Nobel Prize winner



 Editorial Comment: Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain


PeezPix by Ted Pease


Yup. A pink elephant.










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