I was looking for a image to post for my profile and, as usual, hated every picture I found of me. So I went for something that was vaguely obscure yet meshed with this site's "dead" motiff: ghosts.
I googled .gov sites -- figuring that if my taxes helped pay for it, I was free to use it -- and this nifty thing caught my eye. The thing's creator is dead, too, so he's not likely to sue me if my understanding of Web copyright issues proves retarded.
Actually, "Ghost emerging from well" is part of the Library of Congress' "Floating World of Ukiyo-e: Shadows, Dreams, and Substance" exhibit. An art form originating in Edo, Japan, Ukiyo-e translates to "pictures of the floating, or sorrowful, world."
The artist is Katsushika Hokusai, who also did porno, cathouse ads and a bunch of work of Mt. Fuji.
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