Archive for September, 2008

Shape Symbolism

Friday, September 12th, 2008
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Triangles are a geometrically stable shape but also suggest direction and sense of purpose. The triangle has been adopted into various symbol systems, for example, a pink (usually inverted) triangle represents gay pride.
The circle appears in every culture as an archetypal form representative of the eternal whole. With no ending or beginning, it revolves in an eternal cycle and is linked to the sun-disk and the attendant concepts of the yearly cycle, the moon, and the wheel. In some symbol systems it also represents the universe.
The square represents the formal, mathematical, scientific order of the universe. The square represents earthbound matter, and correspondingly, with its two sides delineating a two-dimensional surface, may symbolize the earth or ground, or a field, especially in eastern pictograms. In Buddhist symbolism the relationship the square within the circle represents the relationship of the human and the divine.
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In Christian tradition even simple shapes are symbolically potent. A circle, for example, being without end, is a symbol of the divine; a triangle refers to the Trinity, a line, like the horizon, can mark out the bounday between heaven and earth, or between the sacred and the secular.

2 Story Ideas

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

If you try hard enough, you can get what you want… almost.

Character (dog) wants to hide bone. Dog sees hole in ground. Dog goes toward the hole to bury it, but is stopped in tracks by a jolt of electricity. Dog walks to the left to try to sneak around the the other side, but is shocked again. Dog runs off screen and runs to jump to the hole before he can get shocked. In midair, dog is shocked and lays exhausted, but happy in hole with bone, twitching as screen fades out. (Dog is wearing shock collar in an electrically fenced in yard)

 

Don’t mess with something bigger than you.

Character walks up and sits down by computer to start typing. Computer does not want to be typed on so it beeps.  Character looks shocked and starts to type harder and faster. Computer beeps four times and spits CD at character to show disapproval. Character pounds on keyboard. Computer mouse comes up and slaps him in the face. Character grabs glass of water, pours it on computer, and walks away as computer sputters and short circuits. Electricity goes out and computer laughs.