What tells a story in a picture better than any other picture? If my premise is "Every picture tells a story" and I drop a single dab of paint onto canvas then, yes, there is a story. The story of the choice I made to drop only one bit of paint to canvas, the choice to leave the rest blank, the choice of color, etc. The viewer could interpret the picture as a story of lonliness or the tragic loss of ideas. But at that point, the viewer is really telling the story not the artist. That in and of itself isn't a bad thing just a different thing. What makes the distinction between a suggestion and the telling of a specific story? ------- This occurs to me as the entries pour in for the Cover Contest and I am surprised at some of the looser interpretations of the criteria. Some have suggested that my interp was too literal, clearly I am in the minority. What are peoples thoughts on this?