When my house is dark except for one light in the living room, and the curtains are open on a window above my kitchen sink, and that one light (an adjustable overhead lamp) is positioned *just* right, a fish appears on my wall:
This is no miracle. It’s simple optics… the kitchen window is bowed outwards, leaving a concave reflective surface, which turns the point-source light from the lamp into a series of arcs. Easy enough to figure out. Still, I can’t help notice the similarity to a certain religious symbol. And religious symbols appearing unbidden from apparently random sources is the sort of thing that makes you think.
Now, here’s what I think. I’ve seen grilled cheese sammiches with the vague likeness of someone or other sell for big money on online auctions. Clearly though, I can’t really sell a reflection at an auction. And I don’t want a bunch of strangers tramping through my place scaring my cats. So how do I get some money out of this apparition? After all, that seems to be what such apparitions are for.
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Can you recreate it with compact table mounted device?
1) design
2) build
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4) profit!
Hmm. I’d imagine so… a flashlight, a concave reflector, a “shield” to make sure the arcs get cut off in the right places and a bracket to hold it all together.
Obviously the flashlight would have to be both really bright *and* have a single small point source, not a mess of LED’s. Probably something like a Surefire tactical light. Pricey.
Just sell tickets . . church groups, bus tours, etc. You could put up giant signs on I-80 a la Wall Drug. Just make sure you have lots of parking for RVs (not the Avco kind, the Winnebago kind).
Cool pic.
Got to agree with George! Cha-chink! Imagine all the cat related goodies you could buy. Oh, and pay bills too, I guess.
Everyone else sees a Christian fish; I see a Leptocephalus eel larva:
http://www.terrapub.co.jp/onlinemonographs/absm/html/02/figs/0201/g0801_14.jpg
I’ve been looking at this for a month now. It seemed to me from the start that there’s potential here. Having them walk through your house is totally unacceptable. I’m sure we can find a Biblical reference to privacy.
Perhaps the answer is post cards. Themed cards. One side has this image on it, and the other side is the usual post card but includes a relevant bit of Scripture.
And then posters. Full-sized 24×36 posters. With a line from Scripture.
Don’t think about an autographed image, though. I understand there were problems when a church in Florida was selling autographed photos of Jesus.
Yes, I’m serious. Have you seen the Christian bookstores?