The Telling Private Moments
Casey Anthony’s life leading up to and after Caylee’s death has been revealed with such detail that virtually nothing about the woman has not been presented to the public. From her addiction to staying connected via cell phone and myspace, to her commissary orders once jailed, there just isn’t much that hasn’t been made public and discussed – whether there was value in it or not. After one spends the time of reading her friends accounts of her personality, of listening to and watching her jailhouse phone calls and visits, and reading her text messages it is easy to draw the obvious conclusion that she is a chameleon, a poser, a morpher and a mimicker. It is clear she lived her life up until July 16th, 2008, as someone who quickly adapted to situations by creating illusions via facades made real-time and dependent on other’s words, actions and desires. This is most likely why we see the repeated pattern of every guy she was attracted to appearing to quickly become entranced by her. She knew how to reflect to them exactly what they wanted to see and hear. She made the rest of the world fade to gray and out of focus by her perfected skill of being the focal point to her target.
We’ve watched Casey on several occasions fake the tears she knew she needed to show at the moment. Dry-eyed and pretending to try to be strong while wiping away unseen tears, those who apparently accepted their role in her drama years ago react with their own real tears at her showing of “her pain”. The rest of us sit here, mouths a-gape, wondering…what the hell did I just witness? When us semi-normal folks have to view a scene of entrenched dysfunctionality it causes a bit of cognizant dissonance – kind of like seeing a black queen of hearts. It registers, but something feels like it entered our brains like a 12 lb breech baby. Eh…hence the hinky.
But if we pull ourselves out of the dramatic scenes that are being forced on us and refuse to be dazzled by the play and if we decide we’ll look at what the actors do when there is no stage and no audience, we can start to see some things that might be quite telling. Not just for Casey, but for the rest of the Anthony family. But we’ll focus on Casey for just a bit here.
Casey appears to start showing signs of a haunting, if you’ll allow the use of the word, as soon as Tony leaves town for New York on the morning of June 30th, 2008. It is immediately after his departure that we see Casey flit back and forth across the map of Orlando like the ball in her beloved Beer Pong game. Her whereabouts become either uncertain or downright unknown frequently through-out the days and nights. One such time is just before 5 a.m. on July 2nd.
Casey was spending her nights (most nights) with Ricardo and Amy during the time Tony was in New York, and such was the case on the night of July 1st/July 2nd. Casey had been at Miller’s Ale House the evening before, as witnessed by Dante Salati and Brandon Snow. She had arrived back at Ricardo’s apartment sometime right before midnight on the 1st. Casey didn’t appear to sleep well this night. In fact, it appears she may not have slept at all. After texting and avoiding incessant calls from the Anthony home up until 12:46 a.m., she then had a texting session with Tony from 1:33 to 1:42, a brief quiet time and then a phone call with Tony that lasted from 2:50 to 3:45 am. She checked her voicemail once at 4:01 am, and it’s actually unclear why she did so since there is no sign she should have had a message at that point. All of this activity was taking place at or near Ricardo’s apartment. It is most likely safe to assume that is where she was during these hours.
But beginning at 4:48 am Casey does a few things that let us know she is no longer at Ricardo’s apartment. At 4:48 am she sends two text messages to Tony back-to-back. At 4:50 am she calls Ryan Pasley twice. And within the same minute, Ryan returns her call and they have a 14 minute phone conversation. During these cell phone actions, Casey is pinging off a tower south of Curry Ford Road which places her in the general vicinity of the Anthony home, Lee’s home and the location of Caylee’s remains. We have no way of knowing just how long Casey had been in the general area since our window into this journey into the dark is framed by this small set of cell phone actions. It was dark when Casey was out driving that morning. And when I mean dark – I mean as dark as it can get in a big city like Orlando. The moon had set at 8:28 pm the night before and would not rise again until 6:55 am. The skies would not even begin to lighten from the rising sun until 6:05 am. To me the important question about this little jaunt into the darkness is not so much WHAT Casey was doing, or exactly WHERE Casey did it, but WHY? This strange combination of sleeplessness, restlessness, and needing to connect in the darkness – to have some one on the other end of the phone – speaks of a troubled spirit.
The day of July 2nd continues to show signs of true torment. As previously discussed, the majority of actions by Casey tend to fall into the “what do I need to do to draw attention?” or “what do I need to say to build the facade?” So when Casey does something out of character (i.e. without any obvious connection to her audience), it is a true perturbation in her habits and begs attention on a different level. Somewhere around 10:41 am Casey opens a word document on the laptop and she begins to write the poem “diary of days”…
On the worst of worst days.
Remember the words spoken.
Trust no one.
Only yourself.
With great power,
Comes great consequence
What is given,
Can be taken away.
Everyone lies.
Everyone dies.
Life will never be easy.
On the worst of worst days,
Remember the words spoken.
Hold your head high.
Smile.
Laugh.
Love unconditionally.
Tomorrow is a brand new day.
It is easy to assume this poem was to garner some response from some one. Yes, it ultimately ended up on her myspace. But in this instance, it appears this poem was just for Casey. The document was last saved for the day of July 2nd at 10:51 am. And while we can’t say for certain whether she opened it and re-read it in the next 5 days, it appears it set there as something she had to say – in private and shared with no one – until July 7th. That’s the day she finally loaded it onto myspace. But for 5 days, this poem was for no one but Casey.
Another area where Casey stepped out of character, and seemed to be doing something that was not to present to the public is in a couple of pictures that attracted her attention starting on the 13th of July. We’ve all seen the endless icons, tattoo art, etc. that populated Casey’s Photobucket, and we (along with law enforcement) have noticed how she began to focus on skulls, zombies, etc. But what about the pictures she saved to the laptop that never made it to Photobucket, myspace or Facebook? What about the ones that weren’t silly iconic sayings and graphics? Like this one…
“The Apparition” painted by Gustave Moreau ca 1875. A work of art depicting the beheading of John the Baptist. In this work Salome is seen transfixed by the apparition of the head of John. Her gaze has been described by critics as being a combination of success at what she has just accomplished, and fear of what she has just done. Casey first saved this picture on the laptop hard drive on July 13th at 4:02 pm. She would open it again at 12:28 pm on the 14th. Also on the 13th, 26 minutes after saving The Apparition, Casey would save this work of art:
This painting, entitled Mitsukuni defying the skeleton spectre invoked by Princess Takiyasha, was painted by Utagawa Kuniyoshi ca 1845. It depicts the Princess Takiyasha, who was a sorceress, invoking the skeletal spectre to ward off Mitsukuni, the encroacher of the royal palace. This piece of art was saved to the laptop hard drive and, as far as we know, never shared in a public place. Casey would apparently look at this painting one more time at 9:28 pm on the 14th.
Do these rare private moments – where the audience seems to not be important – reflect a soul being haunted? It is easy to fall into the trap that Casey appears to be one that has no conscience, no real soul to her. But in these private moments, where no one was looking and no one else’s perception mattered, we see the appearance of a soul inflicted with fear, guilt and darkness.
Valhall.
Related posts:
- Casey’s “Homer Simpson” moments
- Timeline and Forensics Files Updated 10/29/09
- A Look at the Laptop
- Casey’s New Year’s (2008) Resolution
- Timeline and Forensics Files updated 11/21/09
Tags: art, casey anthony, guilt, july 2, laptop
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Valhall, this is so very interesting and insightful. I did have to go find more information about Salome, as I couldn’t remember the story. It’s another strange and twisted tale of an over-bearing mother and a daughter who acts as the seductress to influence her (step) father to, indirectly, do the mother’s bidding.
In Christian mythology, Salome was the daughter of Herodias and stepdaughter of Herod Antipas, ruler of Galilee in Palestine. Her infamy comes from causing St. John the Baptist’s execution. The saint had condemned the marriage of Herodias and Herod Antipas, as Herodias was the divorced wife of Antipas’s half brother Philip. Incensed, Herod imprisoned John, but feared to have the well-known prophet killed. Herodias, however, was not mollified by John’s incarceration and pressed her daughter Salome to “seduce” her stepfather Herod with a dance, making him promise to give her whatever she wished. At her mother’s behest, Salome thus asked for the head of John the Baptist on a platter. Unwillingly, Herod did her bidding, and Salome brought the platter to her mother.
http://www.victorianweb.org/gender/salome.html
Weird connotations indeed.
ps…..lovin’ the Hinky Meter! This is great stuff, thank you for sharing!
Nice look into the see….slip’n into darkness*)
Valhall,
I had no idea she had saved these images to her laptop. I find it fascinating. Are there more?
Where and how do you suppose she found these particular images? I know they were found online, but they are pretty specific in their meaning and not really part of the popular culture that she seemed to inhabit, maybe even obscure to people not engaged in the world of art & art history. Do you think she simply did an online search for imagery of death or skeletons in art? I could see coming across the Japanese woodlblock print of the skeleton this way but the Moreau painting would be a long shot. I also have to wonder if she was aware of the meaning of the pieces she chose or did they just resonate with her?
This case has so many unanswered questions and puzzles.
By the way, I love that you have gone from extremely scientifically based forensic subject matter to art.
I am becoming addicted to your blog – and its great that you have something new everyday.
I loved this article.
QB.
Clockwatcher,
Thank you for pointing out something that hadn’t struck me about The Apparition. While I was well aware of the story of Salome and her part in the death of John the Baptist, it had not entered my mind that the dynamic did involve a sick relationship between the daughter, the mother and the step-father. Thank you for that insight!
Awww..QB, you’re so sweet. I do believe there was one more, but right now I can’t access the file, so I’ll look everything over this evening and see if there is anything else of interest.
In response to your thoughts about coming across these paintings…it is a very interesting question. Was she searching some specific term that brought these up? I’d love to know the answer to that as well.
All I can say is WOW. Thanks for all this food for thought……… and discussion. kh
Valhall,
I am new here to your site and absolutely love it! I just wanted to tell you what a wonderful blog this is and since i’ve discovered it I check in on it daily. You do some very insightful work and have brought up a lot of wonderful ideas/points regarding this case that most of us “caylee bloggers” haven’t even thought of since the beginning!
Really quickly, I have a question regarding the above:
Is there any evidence / info from LE that states whether or not Casey had any saved voicemails? The reason I ask is going back to her phone records, I notice she checks her voicemail a lot. And many times she checks it without actually receiving any calls prior. It makes me wonder if maybe she had some saved voicemails from Caylee, and would listen to them as if to “believe” in her twisted mind that Caylee was still alive?? I just know that from past experiences w/ myself i.e. a break up with an ex-boyfriend, I would listen to the saved voicemails I had to kind of get some closure…. and I have friends who have done the same with lost loved ones, in a way it helped them to feel as if a piece of that person was still with them, from having their voice.
Firstly, I do not sit on any fence as regards this young woman’s guilt. So my opinion is based on the premis that Casey Anthony is responsible for Caylee’s death and that her death was not accidental. We can only speculate on the how or the why. And the WHY is probably what fascinates us about this case and other senseless acts of killing. It seems to touch us more deeply when the life taken is that of an innocent child.
I can’t truly know if Casey Anthony is capable of feeling guilt. But if she is then imo , its of the fleeting variety. It certainly wasnt strong enough to prevent her from functioning on so many levels post June 16th. She seemed to put all her energies into cultivating her fledgling relationship with TL and keeping her mother at arms length. Then there were the self indulgent acts of getting fake nails, a tatoo, and buying new underwear at Target. She felt it important to update her facebook account and do unpaid promo work for Fusion. Then there was the reality of what to do with the stench filled car and accessing some necessary cash through various trips back home. That source became more difficult so grifting from Amy became necessary. Thats one very busy lady and one extremely cool customer.
And its this behaviour that fascinates us. Her apparent ability to forgive herself and move right on or some might argue she was/is totally detached from reality. Sadly mothers kill their children but seldom do we get the opportunity to analyse their behaviour up close. The media’s use of the sunshine laws have allowed us to study Casey Anthony to a degree and become amateur sleuths. But despite following the minutia of this case from day one, I am none the wiser about what makes Casey Anthony tick. Her actions are incomprehensible to me. But so were Diane Downs and Susan Smith’s.
Im guessing that she came to hate her own child. How a mother gets to that mindset is beyond me and in this case Casey seemed for almost three years to portray to the outside world that she was a decent mother. Her lack or remorse, grief, guilt and her apparent ease at implicating old boyfriends suggest this woman is the textbook sociopath and narcisist.
On the occasions she seems to have been sleepless, or woke up in a sweat, I’m surmising that retribution was what consumed her thoughts. Retribution and yes fear, possibly of her God, her mother and the authorities. I see a ritualistic nature to Caylee’s murder, certainly no sign of tenderness, no grave dug ,no care taken, just a burden to be dumped at the most convenient spot.
Nope, Casey Anthony doesnt do guilt.
As the days passed she had to know Cindy would eventually track her down, she had to tell everybody “the story”. I have no doubt she was deeply hurt that Tony wouldnt allow her to stay in the apartment whilst he went to NewYork. Im betting that made her feel like sh*t. Then more stress of having to find a place to stay. Add that to the worry of being found out and its no real surprise to me that around 2nd July when she couldn’t sleep, she felt the urge to hear a friendly voice or drive past those woods. Im betting she breathed a sigh of relief that all seemed as she had left it.
Colie,
Welcome and thank you for your kind words. Very interesting theory on the voicemail and I think it is a reasonable idea that may be what she was doing. You are entirely correct that she had many instances of checking voicemail when there didn’t appear to be any reason she was. I have not read anything in the discovery concerning any saved voicemails.
holly,
She HAD to have known she would eventually pay for this. She HAD to. Maybe it was something in the phone calls/messages from Cindy on the 1st/2nd that made her realize vengeance was coming.
Val I love how you put all this together. Your mind blows me away. Exceptional work as always. I love reading your outlook. Keep them coming. Val can you help Dave. He is up for an award in the orlando area and needs votes. Marinade Dave vote page Please encourage voters so Dave can be #1 TYIA
Fostermom,
Thank you. Tell Dave good luck!
Val,
I just recently found your website and love the scientific information you add. One thought I had when reading this blog is that TL stated he was teasing Casey about not coming back from N.Y. and she got very emotional (cried). Could that be the reason for the sleeplessness rather than Caylee?
I just can’t reconcile this “haunted” Casey with the person who showed zero emotion when discussing her child. If those feelings were deep within her, I would think that at some level they would come out. Especially when discussing the condition of her child when found. I could see her returning to the dumping site to make sure all was well. I can also see her being restless and worried that she would eventually be caught.
Thank you, Nana.
I probably need to clarify what I believe was “haunting” Casey. The fear of being caught, and the guilt of knowing what she had done was wrong. And I want to make sure I am perfectly clear on this…she knew what she did was wrong. It just wan’t wrong enough to outweigh what she wanted. I think you are correct that if she did go back to the dumping grounds it was to make sure “she was still there”.
ahahaha 12-lb breech baby. Great article Val – and wow I did not know about those images on the computer before either. I will have to do some more research – I am a huge Art History buff (amateur) so thanks so much for adding something new to think about. Good mix of humor and new facts as well as insight into the chameleon effect. I’ve known women like this.
lol, lily, glad you liked that one.
For those who have not seen this file, it is the unfiltered history for the laptop in a CSV file format:
http://www.thehinkymeter.com/Library/CMA/laptophistory.csv
Dear Valhall,
Thank you again for your hard work. This article was amazing. I visit The Hinky Meter daily now and it’s fast becoming my favorite and most informative source of information and insight. Keep up the good work. Justice for Caylee!!!!
Valhall, I have been reading you for just a short time. I am thankful for all you do. This is a wonderful article and never knew about those pictures either.
Keep up the great work. Hope you don’t mind my stopping by and commenting.
Laura,
Thank you so much and I’m glad you are finding it useful. I look forward to visiting with you in the future!
shyloh,
Welcome, welcome. Thank you for your kind words, and I’m very glad to have you here!
Valhall, I am just so excited every time I see you have written a new article. I learn so much from you with each article because you take what most of us just don’t understand and lay it out in a way that makes it all make sense.
Thank you for all the hard work you do in your research. I know it must be most time consuming!!! But it is SO appreciated!!
I’d like to just pontificate a moment about something that I’ve seen a lot on various discussion sites. It’s the confusion over the difference between amoral and immoral. A lot of people want to describe Casey as being without a soul, a conscience. That would actually be a defense. Because to have no conscience is to have no sense of right or wrong. An amoral person is some one who has moved outside the realm of moral judgment. They have no conscience.
An immoral person is some one who does have a conscience, does know right from wrong, but has chosen a path in contradiction to the moral principles of the society in which they live.
I felt I should point this difference out because it is apparent Casey knows what she did was wrong. Note that I say “what she did”. It doesn’t matter if that is cold-blooded murder or cover up of an accident. She knows what she did was wrong. We can see that in the way she lied to cover up whatever it is that happened. We can see it in these glimpses of her “haunting” that she battled.
She knew. Casey is immoral. And there really is no getting around that, irrespective of the outcome of this trial.
I guess Val you’re describing the difference between someone who has a true mental illness – blank stare behind their eyes – and what many call various types of “x-paths”. Very good point made because in my mind – as a mother – that is the part that makes this just so hard to absorb. I have always struggled with Andrea Yates – because of her prior VERY SERIOUS mental illness history and other things. She did a few things that are contradictory to me – she waited for a window of time until nobody was home so that shows some sort of understanding that what she was thinking about doing wouldn’t be ‘right’. But she didn’t cover anything after she did it. I still go back and forth on that one. The way Casey did both of these things – she waited for a window of time – and she covered her tracks both prior to and after she harmed her daughter. When you add in what your post is saying – her conscience – what she did – and what she didn’t do. I guess that’s one reason why we’re all trying to figure this out – other than the desire for justice for this baby when her family won’t do it.
Very good points, lily. I’d like to throw in one thing about Andrea. She didn’t necessarily wait until she was alone because she realized what she was about to do was “wrong” (she actually believed it was the best thing for her children because she believed she was a terrible mother), but because she would be stopped from doing “the best thing for her children” if some one was around (i.e. someone else wouldn’t understand what was best for her children). That shows something other than “amoral”. An amoral person actually doesn’t even think of right versus wrong or best versus worst. The concepts are removed from them. Andrea was down right sick and needed help….that she didn’t get in time.
but I don’t think she was amoral – I think she was insane. My heart breaks every time I think about what it must be like for her once she got the help she needed all along and realized what she had done…and lost.
Thanks Val. You answered one of the biggest dilemmas I’ve had with Andrea Yates. I’ve always felt as though she belonged under medical care and not in prison but I did have a few uneasy feelings. Of course, every time you try to put yourself in the shoes of those kids who experienced that horror it does make it harder to be objective. And I’ve read that Andrea lives in her own private hell now that she’s medicated. I guess there isn’t any punishment society can give her greater than that. I wish her family and doctors had recognized something that would have made a difference but so does everybody else and that is just armchair quarterbacking. Unless we learn something it doesn’t do any good.
I don’t have the same sympathy for Casey at all. They’re just two totally different situations. Unfortunately I wonder if juries – without mental health education – are able to tell the difference? Thanks for the response. And thanks helping answer both the technical points and talking about the more difficult moral questions.
One more thing that I just can’t help but point out. Has anyone else noticed just how much the grey ribbon in the second picture looks like Henkel brand duct tape with the logo? It freaks me out a bit.
lily,
I have a fairly harsh view concerning the Yates incident. I believe her husband should spend his life in prison. Ultimately it really was him that set up the situation of a diagnosed person being left in a situation her doctor had explicitly warned him not to allow.
I hope he has night-terrors. But he probably doesn’t.
Valhall
Two words… Great Work
Regarding the sociopath momster better known as Casey Anthony, the apple did not fall that far from the ANTfarm tree!
Valhall, I see duct tape every place I go now. SAD huh?
I think Casey may of been checking her voicemail to ‘re-hear’ a message she had saved earlier. Unable to call anyone that time of the morning and just wanting to replay a familiar voice on the other end, even if it was a recording. Sort of like a comfort/reassurance measure maybe?
Valhall, I agree completely re: Andrea Yates’ husband.
I really enjoy your blog…keep up the good work.
Good Morning Valhall!…. Brilliant work you do ! Diane Fanning has got nothing on you! lol. “Haunting” perfect word for Casey,one can only hope that she is haunted everyday. Everything about Casey is “HINKY”!….PS….Excellent article on the Forensics aka “junk science” too some,LOVE your site will be back for more!
Valhall
Like so many of the commentors have stated I have been reading your blog just a short time but I am already hooked. Brilliant work, this one especially. Fascinating insight into her choice of art.
Please keep up the great work! I know I will be back frequently!!
Thank you, Kim, and welcome! I look forward to visits with you in the future!
Case,
Yeah, “junk science”. Isn’t it something that the same people who want to call the forensics works done by the FBI – to this date all performed within the standards it should be conducted – “junk science”, but they, themselves, want to use 1 allele to claim “some one else did it”?
*kerflunkel*
Val….Even Mr Baez made a comment in one of his cameos with the media,stating that the forensic science will be the “truth”,I hope he carries a fork and a knife,”Ground pepper Sir”. Going back to Casey,the personality of the Piscean native is undoubtedly one of the most complex and most difficult to define.They are by nature,extremely sensitive,receptive and emotional,sometimes to the point of hypersensitivity and possessing second sight. They tend to be of a submissive disposition,to absorb every impression, and are in danger of falling prey to confusion & disorganization. Practicality is not a strong characteristic. The moods of Pisceans are changeable and their behaviour sometimes irrational-particularly in daily life.(hence the two fish swimming in opposite directions). You hit the nail on the head Val,with “chameleon,poser,morpher,mimicker”affect. This is a fact with a badly afflicted Neptune angle in the birth chart,there is psychological chaos and confusion,having difficulty in living out their own personalities ,afraid of assuming their responsibilities in life. Casey was “role playing” in being the perfect mom.
Vallhall, There was some talk about a secretary that worked for Baez, and this person quit her job because Casey was spending so much time at Baez’s office. Do you know anything about that. it would be interesting to know why she actually quit her job if this is true.
Valhall, This site is wonderful for information thank you so much for all your work.
Thanks, Case!
Very interesting chart information. I may get with you on the backside some time because I’m really interested in learning more on how to read charts. I did a little studying this summer, but quickly got lost and bug-eyed!
LOL “lost and bug-eyed”…I know that pain! …The Art of Astrology has always been one of my hobbies,and is a great key for decision making in some aspects of life,it’s like turning on the light switch in a dark room, so you can see the obstacles to avoid. It is complex though…… After reading your article above,I went back and watched the Jail house videos,great confirmation,she brings out the beast in me. Her Defense team filed new stall tactics(motions),yesterday too buy more time to throw more “Case law” at Honorable Strickland,if they are so profound in Casey’s innocence,why don’t they file the motion to dismiss and bring their evidence forward,and get on with the dance.
On point of “getting juries to understand”: The responsibility of passing information to a jury belongs to the pros. & defense, the responsibility of making it “understandable” belongs to te “lucky” individual in the witness seat! I have found that presenting material in 2 manners: scientific FACTS and ten “translating” it into everyday relatable FACTS make it more understandable. LOL of course the every popular power-point and charts, physical demonstrations and actual case articles ALWAYS helps, “trick is”: getting the opportunity to present info in the open-ended, prose manner! Always have to HOPE that the other side (remember, I speak for the decedent presenting HIS/HER truth) can be quick enough to parlay the yes/no interrogatories!
All things considered, SOMEBODY will reach Ms. Anthony’s level of understanding and she will plead out, probably for LWOP (I hope!) or LWP (but then, WHO would grant this doozy parole?)
Interesting read! Thank you.
Another little tidbit that happened during this time period – Tony Lazzaro said Casey had night sweats after he returned from New York on July 5, 2008. He said it happened 2-4 times. pages 3-4 http://www.docstoc.com/docs/1553039/Anthony-Lazaro-Full-Transcript-Taped-Interview-Casey-Anthony-Case-Documents
Valhall, PLEASE tell me you are planning to do some sort of synopsis of the highlights of today’s document dump!!! Some of it is so hard to understand, and other bits, it is just so easy to miss….. I LOVE reading your pieces!!!!
Thanks!!!!
I LOVE the Hinky Meter! I have followed this case from day one and this is the best website for “actual” interesting information that I have found. I am new, just found your site but wanted you to know what a great site it is. Very informative………..thanks. Keep it coming as I am a daily visitor now.
Ah, here is also where the good writers hide. Not hidden, but now found and duly congratulated. I’ve come to see you from land of Blink.
Art lover here, also. Outrageous revelation of a tortured soul. I agree with QB that these paintings might not easily pop up in her general pop-culture sites. Correct me if that is the wrong perception.
It does occur to me that perhaps Casey Anthony did break the neck of Caylee Anthony, before or after death, allowing for the vertebral column to be more easily separated from the skull and, to provoke the “beheading” images, either by a specifically morbid search, or by a more randomly-accessed well of guilt.
Welcome, Word Girl, and I appreciate you wandering over from the “land of Blink”.
I agree with you that this is not something that she stumbled across when trying to find album art and tattoo art. I have to admit to you I did quite a bit of research after noticing these 2 pieces of art on Casey’s laptop because, I too, wondered if this pointed to a neck injury. I don’t know if we’ll ever know that for certain, but I do feel these particular files say a great deal about the demons Casey was wrestling.
Thank you so much for your thoughtful writings. I just found this site today and have put it in my favorites so I can visit often. I agree with you regarding Andrea Yate’s husband. I am thrilled that I am not alone. I am also very interested the search process Casey went through regarding the art. She does not strike me as an deep thinker or someone who went to school long enough to have been exposed this sort of thing. Maybe I’m wrong about Florida public schools, but I know my children got horrid art history educations in high school in Ohio.
Again, thank you!
tob,
Welcome! No, you are not alone on the opinions about Andrea Yate’s husband. I look forward to visiting with you in the future!
This is a nice place, I enjoy reading the works of Vallhall and the comments.
Regarding Casey and her feelings, On June 17 Casey uploaded the video of Caylee and her great-grandfather to her laptop.
Tony witnessed Casey watching that video (a couple of times?) and noticed her crying.
Maybe it was not just fear and guilt that she felt that night.
YOU HAVE A BRAILLANT MIND ,I AM BLOWN AWAY……
In case anyone is interested….an article asking people what they would like to ask Casey. Very interesting reading
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2010/02/casey-anthony-what-would-you-ask-if-she-took-the-stand.html
Also interesting about this painting, Mitsukuni defying the skeleton spectre invoked by Princess Takiyasha, is that the decor of the Anthony house is a asian motif. Perhaps Casey was drawn to this painting as it illustrated (in her mind) the punishment she had inflicted upon her parents (primarily Cindy) by killing Caylee. Casey (being the ‘princess’
and the skeleton of Caylee (evoked by the princess)haunting over the family. As if in her cold and calculated way, to say..hey Cindy, add THIS one to your asian collection. I just think the connection to Cindy stands out in this selection by Casey for download.
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