A Miscellany 298
Unifying Symbol Suggestions
by: JT
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For about a dozen years or so, I've been using variations of a Corel image of a lightbulb as a unifying element (in the top left column) for the web site and as an unofficial logo.
Original |
Current adaptation |
Really, there's been no reason for it other than I liked the image and the suggestion that we are casting light on... on whatever, perhaps the darkness. No deep thought involved. But a new member, artist Rock Cowles suggested we could benefit from a logo which had more symbolic meaning. He's offered some samples.
Agnostic light bulb |
Agnostic chain |
Agnostic light breaking the chain |
As an experiment, I've used Rock's light bulb effective with the current update in the Meditations section, and the light bulb and chain in the A Miscellany section so you can see what they look like.
Some of the options as I see it are
- stick with the original
- use one of Rock's versions throughout the site
- use a new design, yet to be determined, throughout the site
- use an overall idea ( a lightbulb, for example) throughout the site, yet use a different specific design (variations on a theme) for each major section.
I request your comments - pro and con - and perhaps now the discussion has been opened, some alternative design suggestions.