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Re: [lojban] Re: lojban logo
On Aug 14, 2005, at 7:35 PM, Matt Arnold wrote:
Steve,
sorry about that. Try again. The Venn/Cartesian art link should
work now.
It does. They're all very nice. The many sections of the logo
reminds me of the finely-parsed meaning you see frequently on the
list or in documentation, such as "pretty little girls school."
As for the art at http://www.nemorathwald.com/
lojban_masthead.jpg , it is more than just attractive. Inside the
man's head is the thought of a relationship. So his head is in the
place of the selbri. His arms embrace the blue squares next to his
head into this relationship. The squares represent x1, x2, x3, x4
and x5. (Incidentally, the art repeatedly uses the Fibonacci ratio
or "golden" ratio, phi.) This art truly represents the basis of
Lojban grammar. It's easy to draw by hand, too. If all you have is
a crayon, just draw a stick man and five dots and that would get
across the idea crudely. It's a hundred times simpler than the
American flag, and nobody complains that one's too complicated.
It's definitely nice. I wouldn't call the American flag a logo, but
I am no expert. I was comparing it with the IBM or AT&T death star
logos, or maybe the Apple logo. It's more complex thematically and
artistically than those. Maybe it's the text in the masthead that
makes me say that.
I don't think that's a huge flaw...just my personal opinion...and I
do like it, even with that.
steve