"A picture says a thousand words."

Let me see if I can wrap my mind around this concept. That's right — wrap my literal brain around this figurative notion.

I was talking to my artist friends; that's right — artist friends, and we had a similar inkling re: this notion. And we, meaning: me, myself and I, as I have only one "artist friend," aside from myself,that I actually mentioned this brief passing thought to — nonetheless, we came to the conclusion that this is just poppycock. Real, fiddlestickiness, if you will.

Which, you will.

Pictures might make you feel somethin' a'stirrin' inside your soul, but no, they don't actually say any sort of words, no little phrases, no little sweet nothin's purred into your ear. And while many would say, "That's a shame," those are the same people that won't even pick up a goddamn book.

So remember this, friends, I said it, and not some picture.

None of these pictures up top say anything. I googled "A picture says a thousand words," and I got mostly cartoons with captions.