Great effort on the logos, IMHO. It's probably easy to be taken aback a little because there is lots happening in it. But to me, the symbolism of what is being communicated matters more. Even colours have their special meanings and frequencies. For that reason, the golds and the blues work for me. Although, it's also a matter of personal preference and whatever you tune into.
This comment reminded me of a similar symbol, it's been on my mind for a good couple of years now - like infinity. It's all a bit airy fairy and hard to describe in objective terms but please indulge me for a second. I don't know what they mean but they all seem related. Maybe somebody else has an idea.
The first one is quite common and I've seen it in a few places with various descriptions - all different, of course. I've also seen it in a corporate logo or two.
If a cross symbolises the material plane, then perhaps the one above contains more information and talks about the cyclical nature of material existence (after all, it's cycles within cycles). The matter recycles and it can be aligned in two ways, as in STO/STS. Something along those lines, anyway.
The second one is a flipped version and - to me - represents the "As Above, So Below" principle. I think the "arms of infinity" can also be represented as triangles, although I'm not sure if the overall meaning is then different. As in "circle people" vs "triangle people".
I didn't notice that at first but it's a good catch. Well, both rotate anti-clockwise which is probably the way to go - mind you, the original symbol is usually depicted as spinning in the clock-wise direction (could that be a co-opted reversal??). You could argue that the one on the right should be a mirror image, flipped upside down. But the crop circle isn't like that so I guess that's not the way to go.
When I looked closer and thought about it a bit more, it made perfect sense. I always thought that if the black part (yin, "the shady place") is above the yang part ("the sunny place") - then that describes negative orientation. On the other hand, if yang is on top, then it symbolises positive orientation. I haven't got any sources for that - it's self-quoted.
The FOTCM logo has both of these embedded within the infinity symbol - so to me it's a representation of two orientations - the STO, upward one and the STS, downward one. Like this:
I dunno, it's all pouring out of me at the moment. Will skip the full breathing program tonight - except for the meditative part. Rather than adding more fuel to the fire, I just need to process it all in an outgoing creative way. Perhaps it means something - perhaps not.
In any case, methinks good job guys - very inspirational...
Laura said:
This comment reminded me of a similar symbol, it's been on my mind for a good couple of years now - like infinity. It's all a bit airy fairy and hard to describe in objective terms but please indulge me for a second. I don't know what they mean but they all seem related. Maybe somebody else has an idea.
The first one is quite common and I've seen it in a few places with various descriptions - all different, of course. I've also seen it in a corporate logo or two.
If a cross symbolises the material plane, then perhaps the one above contains more information and talks about the cyclical nature of material existence (after all, it's cycles within cycles). The matter recycles and it can be aligned in two ways, as in STO/STS. Something along those lines, anyway.
The second one is a flipped version and - to me - represents the "As Above, So Below" principle. I think the "arms of infinity" can also be represented as triangles, although I'm not sure if the overall meaning is then different. As in "circle people" vs "triangle people".
Nicholas said:
I didn't notice that at first but it's a good catch. Well, both rotate anti-clockwise which is probably the way to go - mind you, the original symbol is usually depicted as spinning in the clock-wise direction (could that be a co-opted reversal??). You could argue that the one on the right should be a mirror image, flipped upside down. But the crop circle isn't like that so I guess that's not the way to go.
When I looked closer and thought about it a bit more, it made perfect sense. I always thought that if the black part (yin, "the shady place") is above the yang part ("the sunny place") - then that describes negative orientation. On the other hand, if yang is on top, then it symbolises positive orientation. I haven't got any sources for that - it's self-quoted.
The FOTCM logo has both of these embedded within the infinity symbol - so to me it's a representation of two orientations - the STO, upward one and the STS, downward one. Like this:
I dunno, it's all pouring out of me at the moment. Will skip the full breathing program tonight - except for the meditative part. Rather than adding more fuel to the fire, I just need to process it all in an outgoing creative way. Perhaps it means something - perhaps not.
In any case, methinks good job guys - very inspirational...
