Last three days of the month and of the faux A-Z. Today, "X" marks the post.
How to work that around the theme of the capital 'ell'? Easy! We use 'x' all the time to represent the sending of love, do we not? Okay, it's to represent kisses, strictly speaking, but for the most part we intend that as affection for the person to whom we offer them. Nowadays, of course, there has been an explosion of expressive typology, the epitome of which are the emoticons which even yours truly has been known to use.
Certainly, I sign my initals on comments and mails and append the little crosses of Love to all I believe will understand it doesn't come with soppy, sleeve-hearted sentimentality, which would include hearts and stars and circular hugs (though those do get sent to the appropriate people!)
Sometimes symbols are the simplest and most effective communication. Then again, the very same symbols can find themselves embued with much more than intended when they were developed. The cross, the sickle moon, the six-pointed star... all, quite often, evoke response far beyond the reasonable. Generally from those who have no actual identity with any of them.
It is interesting, then, to observe that one symbol is used universally and accepted only for what it represents, even by those who know or understand little of its origin or purpose.
How to work that around the theme of the capital 'ell'? Easy! We use 'x' all the time to represent the sending of love, do we not? Okay, it's to represent kisses, strictly speaking, but for the most part we intend that as affection for the person to whom we offer them. Nowadays, of course, there has been an explosion of expressive typology, the epitome of which are the emoticons which even yours truly has been known to use.
Certainly, I sign my initals on comments and mails and append the little crosses of Love to all I believe will understand it doesn't come with soppy, sleeve-hearted sentimentality, which would include hearts and stars and circular hugs (though those do get sent to the appropriate people!)
Sometimes symbols are the simplest and most effective communication. Then again, the very same symbols can find themselves embued with much more than intended when they were developed. The cross, the sickle moon, the six-pointed star... all, quite often, evoke response far beyond the reasonable. Generally from those who have no actual identity with any of them.
It is interesting, then, to observe that one symbol is used universally and accepted only for what it represents, even by those who know or understand little of its origin or purpose.
The OM has the X factor!!!
Hey YaYa...I just had an Aha moment. 3rd paragraph!!
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I have never seen that symbol at the end. I do use the X once in a while. you did a great job of using X... I enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteThe symbol was new to me too.
ReplyDeleteGreat job so far with the alphabet posts.
Cheers, Gail.
Hari om
DeleteHmmmmmmmm. Perhaps I ought to have enlarged the caption or used a standard type OM... It is just that it gets stylised and prettified in many ways. It is widely spread, particularly on clothing. George Harrison was largely responsible for that! Yxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, namaste, janice xx
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