Consumption by way of image

Sometimes — most of the time? — it can be really hard to grasp the sheer perversity of our consumption in the US. Here’s an attempt to make the magnitude of our consumption more visible, although I have to note that the beauty of these images may be its own problem? (Hat tip to Johnny Baker)

[And no, I haven't spent all day today blogging -- many of the posts I've made I actually had been storing up for a while, because I wanted my blog to "go quiet" during the Triduum.]