atlas shrugged

I've always wanted to do an artistic reply to Atlas Shrugged. Somewhere in my room, there's a scribble I made in Econ discussion... I really want to do something based on it. I also suspect that my (still-in-the-works) Project Strive may be my answer to Ayn Rand. But until then, =zeldyn-stock inspired me to do this...

=zeldyn-stock - [link]

*textureific - [link] and [link]

sxc.hu - [link] and [link]

Also inspired by the works of =Saunter.

Finally, I'm playing around with borders and framing. What do you guys think looks best? I rather like this one without a border... but I think borders (whether it's two bars on the top and bottom like I usually have it, or all around like in Ophelia) usually complement an image really well. Your opinion?