meanings of our own

Sometimes images are created with a specific message in mind and all those who pass by it come away with the same understanding as intended by its creator.

At other times, however, images are vague, generic or multi-dimensional in significance.  Karen Miller came across this image of a  Red Cross worker painted as random graffiti on a brick wall along the streets of Mazatlan, Mexico and felt compelled to snap a shot.  

"I cannot be exactly sure what the artist was going for, but to me it meant something very important, very real.  It made me think that there is always violence and danger around us, but also people who want to help and heal."

Most of the time, images and their messages find us in every aspect of our lives and leave no room for interpretation as they state their case loud and clear.  Yet sometimes, perhaps when we most need it like young Karen journeying through the foreign streets of Mexico, we find images and attach meanings of our own--those meanings, which we, individually, desperately need to believe to be true.