There was the picture of Anolt Joseph Laguerre Jr., known as A.J., big as life at 18 in the red satin cap and gown he’d worn in May 2022 as he walked across the stage at his graduation from William M. Raines High School.

As he observes fans making their way through the exhibit, Hanley particularly enjoys watching them after they've seen an excerpt from Peter Jackson's "Get Back" docuseries and then find themselves in the same space as Lennon's guitar, big as life, which now stands before them.

First I think my eyes are fooling, but there it is, big as life, looking like it missed me.

So there’s a chance, the artist Wyland likes to think, that a pod of whales will swim past The Edgewater Hotel and see themselves painted on the side, almost as big as life.

The man came out of nowhere, walked up to Father in broad daylight, big as life, and on television.