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A meme popular on social media posits that a photograph depicts a praying diner who was belittled by atheists for his faith until a salt shaker on his table fell and the spilled crystals miraculously formed an image of Jesus: The narrative attached to this picture is a ridiculous and fabricated one, a spoof of the type of inspirational stories known as glurge (in particular, the subset of glurge tales involving tests of faith.) The photograph seen here is real, however -- but its explanation is an artistic rather than a miraculous one. The person pictured here is artist Rob Ferrel of San Antonio, Texas, who uses a variety of media to create his artworks, including salt and other food products, as reported on Oddity Central: Ferrel demonstrated his salt art during a television appearance on KRPC's Houston Life with hosts Derrick Shore and Courtney Zavala: Ferrel also posts his creations to his Instagram page:
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