diff --git a/startup/99-utils.py b/startup/99-utils.py
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+from PIL import Image
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+
+
+def plot_image(filepath, **kwargs):
+    plt.ion()
+    img = np.array(Image.open(filepath))
+    plt.imshow(img, **kwargs)
+