Of all the works that have been submitted purporting to be inspired by the given subject of the competition, I find it odd that the clear winners chosen for the front covers have been one foetus and a selection of female heads. I don't suppose the problem could be that the subject set for the latest contest is merely a platitude and not a serious call for an image with any semblance of a moving narrative? This is where the confusion lies as to what the Magazine team really mean. It boils down to the difference between a still from a film and running the spool. If you know the film ? then the still is a trigger for a recall of the narrative. The *Stations of the Cross* have a narrative and tell a story, a picture of the *Virgin and Child* illustrate a construct of associations and is more likely to be the vehicle of choice for the cover because of it's *Poser* friendly aspirations. Fact is! most folk can tell a story but that don't make them *Storytellers*. The upshot of the call for submissions is, we must forgive them, for they know not what they ask! --- The sad story of my education is the one whereby I was always on the rung of the *Ladder of Maturity* below the one I needed to be on. Still am!.