Guernica

When Picasso’s Guernica hangs in the editor’s cabin, it gets a whole new meaning. Picasso may have been capturing the agony of a war. But in a newspaper office, it could be so many things. I mean, just think of the possibilities!

It could be a reporter’s trauma when his story is slashed and pretty much reduced to tatters.
It may signify that a newspaper office is pretty much like a battle field.
It may be a warning as to how grim things may get.

As Guernica bears silent witness to the editorial meetings, I stare at it and gulp…