[From first paragraph] What might be considered a now famous image in the long history and tradition of Western philosophical thought and the study of aesthetics sets the stage for the discussion to follow. The image being invoked here is that for which philosopher Walter Benjamin attempted to offer an ekphrasis. In his posthumously published Theses on the Philosophy of History , Benjamin offers a description to Paul Klee's painting Angelus Novus ; his description is suggestive of the thematics