Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Satan in the Smoke" Emails Description An account of the resource On the morning of September 11, immediately after two planes crashed into the World Trade Center in Manhattan, photojournalist Mark D. Phillips took a picture that would prove to be one of the most evocative and disputed images of that tragic day. Many peple later construed the image of the smoke in his photo of the burning buildings to compose the face of Satan. These e-mails related to this picture provide a revealing portal into Americans' responses to the attacks in the immediate aftermath of 9/11. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. Dear Sir: I am a normal, law abiding, middle aged woman. If your statement about not doctoring the image is true then you captured in a split second the face of evil. We live in a world of Yin and Yang, dark and light, good and evil - every mythology from the most primitive to the most sophisticated has embraced this concept. Never before did we have the where-with-all to capture it on tape or high speed film - you have provided the "mug shot." This does not freighten me, it enlightens me - for as the ghost disappears when you shine a flashlight on it in the dark, so evil exposed is rendered impotent when it is captured and displayed as you have. If you have in any way "enhanced" this picture or video then you should be ashamed of yourself - but if we take you at your word, then you were chosen to do mankind a great service in showing that for every action (in this case, evil), there is an equal (the photo), and opposite reaction (the great outpouring of compassion). It is simple physics. I am sure this has been very unnerving for you, there are sometimes great mysteries which we must simply accept without question. Accept this as some blessing rather than a curse and go forth and do good to all you encounter in this life. Try to remember the Buddha said, "Make of yourself a light." You captured the negative energy of that horrible moment in a split second, now you can go on to enlighten the world at your leisure. God Bless and Keep You. Sincerely, Peyton Parker-Williams September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Sat, 22 Sep 2001 22:34:20 -0400 September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients <info@stellarimages.com> September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. Peyton Parker Williams <peytonpw@earthlink.net> September 11 Email: CC The email addresses of those who received the message addressed primarily to another. September 11 Email: Subject A brief summary of the topic of the message. RE: WTC Image Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RE: WTC Image 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. email Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2001-09-22