Mirror as one which would allow a praying man to use them for his personal piety: the mirror surrounded by scenes of the Passion to reflect on it and on oneself, a rosary as a device in this process, the veiled and cushioned bench to use as a prie-dieu, and the abandoned shoes that point in the direction in which the praying man kneeled. The metaphorical meaning of depicted mirrors is complex and many-layered, e.g. as an attribute of Mary, the “speculum sine macula”, or as attributes of scholarly and theological wisdom and knowledge as they appear in book illuminations of
Like Humans Do love human beings despite their failings, by taking a "Martian's perspective" on humanity and trying to accept them for what they are. The song was written by David Byrne and arranged by Thom Bell, with string and horn contracting by Sandra Park. Like Humans Do "Like Humans Do" is the fourth track from David Byrne's 2001 album "Look into the Eyeball" and was also released as a single that year. The radio edit version of the song (which omits the line referring to cannabis) was selected by Microsoft as the sample music for Windows XP to demonstrate the new Windows