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DescriptionThis symbol crops up over and over in the book. The main character is nearly obsessed with it, and keeps drawing it in papers, painting it as graffiti and so on. But he can't remember what it is. The book is going to have lots of scenes, where other people make (wrong) guesses about the nature of the symbol. To me it looks like it could be a cup of some sort, or possibly a very badly broken harp. What do you think? Just write in anything that comes to mind!
Shots DeterminationIt kind of looks like a bull or the sign for Taurus.
 SymbolIn wikipedia there is a similar symbol for the Vesta-asteroid:
http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:4_Vesta_(0).svg (Also asteroid Hebe has got a cup as symbol) CommentsThe pillar is very close to the one in this symbol... We might be on to something here!  Arsenic?The alchemical symbol for arsenic?there are several symbols for it, but this one was a tad similiar
CommentsOoh, I'm definitely using that one! It's very nearly the same. How about..a tuning fork? with a stand it would be the mother of all tuning forks:-) CommentsGood idea! Some musician character might suggest that...  CommentsYes, you have perfectly described what i was thinking. You're right, there is something very key-like in it. Like drawn by somebody who had never seen a key, but had heard it described... A bullI think it always reminds me of a bull, or maybe a symbol of power or something like that. CommentsOnce you see the bull, I think it's difficult to miss. A bit like some African tribal presentation of a water buffalo.  Don't ever say what it isYou might be best off not saying what the symbol is. All that really matters is the character's obsession with it, the reader or viewer simply has to see this obsession, they don't need to know what drives it. Kubrick, Hitchcock and others deliberately avoided explanations because they were trying to stir people's emotions rather than serve up facts. CommentsThis shot doesn't have comments.  various utilities-a guitar hook attached to the wall from the lower part
CommentsThis shot doesn't have comments.  Ideas from school kidsI recently gave a talk at junior high in the Finnish city of Kokkola (which is located on the same lattitude as Nuuk, the capital of Greenland). I asked them if they had any ideas, and among the more useful ones were these: A stoker, the kind you use to move pieces of burning wood in a fireplace. A nice suggestion methinks, very symbolic somehow. A sword hilt with the blade removed. I can't understand how we missed this one! CommentsThis shot doesn't have comments.  CommentsIt's not very many years ago that I discovered the double meaning in their logo =) |
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Absolutely, the sign of Taurus.
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