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Hi,
I'm sorry if this comes off as an incredibly silly question that google should've taken care of, but I couldn't find much in the wiki or through a few google queries so I figured I'd asked the more obsessive people in the community - I'm sure this is the right place to find you
What's the story behind the Star and Head logo? Where does it come from and what does it signify?
The original comes from Gray's Anatomy. Not the show. And without the star. Hope that helps. The redesign if I recall was done in the 90s by Andrea White. Could be mistaken in the latter's name.
iirc they flipped the original image because it looked better the other way around
the star behind it is just a graphic device, added because it looked nice (although comparisons with suicide's 'red star' motif have been drawn as andrew and gary were both big fans of suicide - http://is.gd/tQxg )
Ah, but everyone avoided the interesting question that is, what does it mean? Or why is it used? Even if it was never explicitly discussed, there's still a reason as to why it was used other than 'oh that looks nice' surely?
I have a few ideas, but I would be interested to hear why others think first.
Facts about where it came from are just boring and irrelevant (to me).
the_inescapable_truth wrote:Ah, but everyone avoided the interesting question that is, what does it mean? Facts about where it came from are boring and largely irrelevant.
ah - but as far as i have heard - there is no real meaning - it was just an image that andrew saw in a book and liked the head and shoulders image. the rest as they say.....
the_inescapable_truth wrote:Ah, but everyone avoided the interesting question that is, what does it mean? Or why is it used? Even if it was never explicitly discussed, there's still a reason as to why it was used.
Facts about where it came from are boring and irrelevant (to me).
I seem to remember an explanation along the lines of "wanting to get inside your head. By any means necessary..."
Edit: Aha! there you go vvvvvvv
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the_inescapable_truth wrote:Ah, but everyone avoided the interesting question that is, what does it mean? Facts about where it came from are boring and largely irrelevant.
ah - but as far as i have heard - there is no real meaning - it was just an image that andrew saw in a book and liked the head and shoulders image. the rest as they say.....
I don't buy it. Even if Von just stumbled upon the image and just thought 'that's nice' there's still a reason he thought it was nice - even if left unstated. The pose is a very classical, paintery pose. Am I the only one who thinks it looks merciful for example?
the_inescapable_truth wrote:
I don't buy it. Even if Von just stumbled upon the image and just thought 'that's nice' there's still a reason he thought it was nice - even if left unstated. The pose is a very classical, paintery pose. Am I the only one who thinks it looks merciful for example?
Do buy it in the Sisters FAQ's of the boring kind.
It doesn't look merciful. Even not for example. It looks 'suffering' IMO.
the_inescapable_truth wrote:
I don't buy it. Even if Von just stumbled upon the image and just thought 'that's nice' there's still a reason he thought it was nice - even if left unstated. The pose is a very classical, paintery pose. Am I the only one who thinks it looks merciful for example?
Do buy it in the Sisters FAQ's of the boring kind.
It doesn't look merciful. Even not for example. It looks 'suffering' IMO.
you'd be suffering with your head on a block and yer face being dissected Ozpat!!
the_inescapable_truth wrote:
I don't buy it. Even if Von just stumbled upon the image and just thought 'that's nice' there's still a reason he thought it was nice - even if left unstated. The pose is a very classical, paintery pose. Am I the only one who thinks it looks merciful for example?
Do buy it in the Sisters FAQ's of the boring kind.
It doesn't look merciful. Even not for example. It looks 'suffering' IMO.
Still don't buy it. All I that means it is that he is tired of people asking about it and perhaps he would prefer people to think about if for themselves. And anyway you've already provided a quote which seems to add explanation to the use of the logo significantly!
I would agree with the suffering thing though. It looks suffering which makes me think of being merciful..
the_inescapable_truth wrote:
I don't buy it. Even if Von just stumbled upon the image and just thought 'that's nice' there's still a reason he thought it was nice - even if left unstated. The pose is a very classical, paintery pose. Am I the only one who thinks it looks merciful for example?
Do buy it in the Sisters FAQ's of the boring kind.
It doesn't look merciful. Even not for example. It looks 'suffering' IMO.
Still don't buy it. All I that means it is that he is tired of people asking about it and perhaps he would prefer people to think about if for themselves. And anyway you've already provided a quote which seems to add explanation to the use of the logo significantly!
I would agree with the suffering thing though. It looks suffering which makes me think of being merciful..
why did you pick that "the_inescapable_truth" as your avatar then?
Ozpat wrote:
Do buy it in the Sisters FAQ's of the boring kind.
It doesn't look merciful. Even not for example. It looks 'suffering' IMO.
Still don't buy it. All I that means it is that he is tired of people asking about it and perhaps he would prefer people to think about if for themselves. And anyway you've already provided a quote which seems to add explanation to the use of the logo significantly!
I would agree with the suffering thing though. It looks suffering which makes me think of being merciful..
why did you pick that "the_inescapable_truth" as your avatar then?
the_inescapable_truth wrote:
Still don't buy it. All I that means it is that he is tired of people asking about it and perhaps he would prefer people to think about if for themselves. And anyway you've already provided a quote which seems to add explanation to the use of the logo significantly!
I would agree with the suffering thing though. It looks suffering which makes me think of being merciful..
why did you pick that "the_inescapable_truth" as your avatar then?
so what we have here is a bit of an oxymoron situation in that andrew thinks the question asking about his logo is a boring one and insulting as the interviewer hasn't read up anything about them and is asking all the usual questions - where as the questioner doesn't beleive what he has read about the simple explanation and thinks there is more to it and wants to know.
the_inescapable_truth wrote:
I don't buy it. Even if Von just stumbled upon the image and just thought 'that's nice' there's still a reason he thought it was nice - even if left unstated. The pose is a very classical, paintery pose. Am I the only one who thinks it looks merciful for example?
Do buy it in the Sisters FAQ's of the boring kind.
It doesn't look merciful. Even not for example. It looks 'suffering' IMO.
you'd be suffering with your head on a block and yer face being dissected Ozpat!!