After a day spent toiling with words and presentations and video footage, I was ready for something completely different this evening. So I opened Pixler.com and experimented with image layering. (I’m no graphic artist, but I love to play.)

Creating just an image may run counter to my theme of “words.” But in the making, my wordy wheels were turning, imagining the messages this balloon full of bricks, sitting heavy in the grass, could support or convey …