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Mine is fairly self-explanatory.
I remember that General George A. Custer made a personal flag for himself.
Not that I am a fan of his, but it set me wondering what type of flag I would design. Disliking how complex the Minnesota flag is, I thought a tri colored flag would be best, much like Germany, France, and Belgium. These flags are beautifully simplistic and recognizable from a distance for who they represent. So I was trying to think of a simplistic design
It seems though that many things have been polarized to being black and white these days and that seems to be on the surface of most debates, so I decided to include those colors on the top. Mean while there seems to be a middle ground that is not explored. Most people would refer to this as a gray area, but this would only allow for a one-dimensional process of finding the appropriate midpoint to old black and white debates. So I figured that the third corner should be a color to represent something outside of the shades of gray and below the black and white top to show that the color is deeper and not superficial.
But which color? I figured that it should be one of the additive primary colors. Blue seemed to be too calm of a color to represent the often disruptive thought process that it would be representing and green seemed too close to camouflage that some animals use. Red seemed like the bold forward color that should represent the third side.
The blending was used to represent that this was not just an either or situation and that many shades of black white and red must coexist.
Its either that or an attempt at abstract art representing a crow and a dove flying out of fire much like the phoenix.
I remember that General George A. Custer made a personal flag for himself.
Not that I am a fan of his, but it set me wondering what type of flag I would design. Disliking how complex the Minnesota flag is, I thought a tri colored flag would be best, much like Germany, France, and Belgium. These flags are beautifully simplistic and recognizable from a distance for who they represent. So I was trying to think of a simplistic design
It seems though that many things have been polarized to being black and white these days and that seems to be on the surface of most debates, so I decided to include those colors on the top. Mean while there seems to be a middle ground that is not explored. Most people would refer to this as a gray area, but this would only allow for a one-dimensional process of finding the appropriate midpoint to old black and white debates. So I figured that the third corner should be a color to represent something outside of the shades of gray and below the black and white top to show that the color is deeper and not superficial.
But which color? I figured that it should be one of the additive primary colors. Blue seemed to be too calm of a color to represent the often disruptive thought process that it would be representing and green seemed too close to camouflage that some animals use. Red seemed like the bold forward color that should represent the third side.
The blending was used to represent that this was not just an either or situation and that many shades of black white and red must coexist.
Its either that or an attempt at abstract art representing a crow and a dove flying out of fire much like the phoenix.
"Be not deceived by the sweet words of proverbial philosophy. Sugar of lead is a poison."
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Well, at least yours isn't the Tart with the Cartdubhlinn wrote:Paddy Kavanagh bench,
Grand Canal,
Dublin.
Slan,
D.
Mine is Miss Scarlett, just because I've heard tell that I tend to act like her a bit But mostly it's because I like the hat.
Someday, everything is gonna be diff'rent
When I paint my masterpiece.
When I paint my masterpiece.
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Mine's an abstraction of a scene in the Simpson desert. The colours are all the same but the wrinkles in the sand are gone. The typography is a meld of the moon, bones and a type of pure-white barked tree that grow's near there. The bones/tree thing also aludes to tradition and roots. The moon is also a fruit. Stillness, simplicity, joy, mystery, timelessness.
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ID.10-t's avatar puts me in mind of that Soviet Abstract: "The Red Wedge".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Lissitzky
And I've seen a few Anarchist flags which are black and red, so it makes me think: "He's an Anarchist... on the point of surrendering."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Lissitzky
And I've seen a few Anarchist flags which are black and red, so it makes me think: "He's an Anarchist... on the point of surrendering."
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Mine is a hawk (red-tailed, I think) that was in my back yard last spring. My old one, and one that I think I'll start using again soon, is Catbus with Mai and Satsuki, from the Miyazaki movie "My neighbor Totoro," one of the best movies ever made.
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Self-explanatory. . .
I've been in stripes since the early days of the public internet, not as an expression of personality (much) but rather as a token of my commitment to save the Great Cats from extinction.
Its probably one of the oldest avatars on the board, as I have never changed it.
Sincerely,
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I've been in stripes since the early days of the public internet, not as an expression of personality (much) but rather as a token of my commitment to save the Great Cats from extinction.
Its probably one of the oldest avatars on the board, as I have never changed it.
Sincerely,
Tyg
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I'm going to Dublin for the first time next month and I want a picture of me sitting next to him. Is that allowed?dubhlinn wrote:Paddy Kavanagh bench,
Grand Canal,
Dublin.
Slan,
D.
"Last night, among his fellow roughs,
He jested, quaff'd and swore."
They cut me down and I leapt up high
I am the life that'll never, never die.
I'll live in you if you'll live in me -
I am the lord of the dance, said he!
He jested, quaff'd and swore."
They cut me down and I leapt up high
I am the life that'll never, never die.
I'll live in you if you'll live in me -
I am the lord of the dance, said he!
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I like cows.
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