Islamic State’s systematic destruction of Palmyra is a kind of shock they cannot get from killing civilians. As the mushroom cloud rises once again in the middle-east, at its feet this time are four inert columns set in stark contrast against the fury of explosive destruction. It is not difficult to make a comparison between the juxtaposition of creativity and demolition in this image. It shows the imagination of the human mind at two, very different, ends of the spectrum. On