Hello Bob & Lovely.
Just to clarify my position on the LOGO.
Of course it might be perceived as a commercial logo, but where's the fun in that?
“What we see is not necessarily what we perceive”. I feel sure the term ‘double entendre’, applies to logos as well as to verbal experiences.
I often look at this one and think it resembles an upturned bum, but the representation on Bob’s hat seemed a little more separated than usual, so fingers giving the ‘V’ sign seemed relevant.
All these commercial logos deserve to have different interpretations and some of them lay themselves wide open to fantasia.
Our home-County has a motto ‘TRUST AND FEAR NOT’ , which, on the face of it, seems like the sort of positivistic, motivational type of soundbite one might expect from a bureaucracy. However, as soon as I read it. my perception was not at all how I presumed they intended the message to be interpreted.
Best wishes
Bill
Below is my rendition on that subject:
THE MOTTO. ( “Trust and Fear Not”)
In days of old so we are told
there were mottos by the score.
Portraying on shields all manner of fields
to hang upon the door.
With wit they abound, the words so profound
yet meaning is sometimes obscure.
What thought those wise men as poised with their pen
they captured this concept in four. ----(words that is)
I smile at the spark who thus made his mark
inventing this one, all for us.
It seems so amusing if slightly confusing
just how it passed by without fuss.
How would one portray on arms-coat so gay
the anguish, the let-downs, the fear.
When misuse of power’s the thing of the hour
and it’s been so for year after year.
What advice could they give to those not yet lived
who are likely to suffer this pain.
With so much suppression, that hint of deception
is bound to be in vain.
So, to disguise the fact that TUST is an act
of the foolish and the insane.
When those who are friendly turn out to be enemy
whilst playing in this game.
Ambiguous statements might be the treatment
that’s needed in cases like this.
To get through committee it needs to be witty
and miss the real meaning we wish.
Advice to ‘be bold’ goes well with the old
who knew not when/where to start.
They might be grateful for calls to ‘be faithful’
so blind to the state of this art.
To think of a logo that won’t be a NO-GO
yet keeps faith with the people so dear.
‘TRUST NOT THY NEIGHBOUR’ would not attract favour
although showing just what one should fear.
I think what we need for people to read
is a ditty with meaning quite plain.
But when it’s rehearsed the meaning’s reversed
and the truth is apparent again.
TRUST AND FEAR NOT = trust, and fear not (consequently)
B. Withers 1984