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In February, a rather ominous anniversary was marked, with pictures of “the dress” going viral on social media. Now, for those of us who were of the age of reason by the time of the Clinton Presidency, the term “the dress” needs, as they say on Wikipedia, “disambiguation.” So: no, not that dress. Folks born in the mid- to late-’90s, rather, might immediately have reckoned which dress I meant. At least, it seems the prime candidate of that noun’s instantiation alongside the definite article for those of later generations. I mean, of course, the (in)famous white and gold dress (or was it blue and black?) that became a viral meme first back in February 2015. Yes, last month was its decennial anniversary. Feeling old? But did I call it an ominous anniversary? Yes. Read on.
My editorial for the March/April 2025 issue of Gilbert magazine: To be Chestertonian means a particular mode of being Christian. Of course, to some Christians this very idea is offensive, even blasphemous. Chesterton himself, however, was not such a one. He believed in the witness and example of the Saints – that there was no contradiction between emulating them and following Christ. As he wrote of the great Saint whom he chose for his Confirmation patron, “St. Francis is the mirror of Christ rather as the moon is the mirror of the sun. The moon is much smaller than the sun, but it is also much nearer to us; and being less vivid it is more visible.” In this, he was merely recapitulating the logic employed by Saint Paul: “Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.” |
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