: He introduces the idea of images that reflect on their own nature, effectively "self-theorizing" through their own visual language.
: Mitchell explores images as "pseudopersons" that can speak, seduce, and even demand things from the beholder. What Do Pictures Want?: The Lives and Loves of ...
: Mitchell uses the figure of the dinosaur as a "totem animal of modernity," representing both the fascination with and the fear of species extinction in a post-human world. : He introduces the idea of images that