Jaded Hearts

Happy Singles Awareness Day! Chinatown/Gallery Place Metro, Feb 14, 2010.

Sign Language Directions

Gallery Place Metro, November 2009. Earlier this week I noticed an unusual ASL (American Sign Language) inscription on the top of this mural: the letters for "U" and "P." The arrows on either side point toward the exits, directing the viewer "up" out of the station. But why use sign language here?

E Pluribus Unum, Modern Takes

This modern take on the Latin motto adapts the Seal of the United States by incorporating the design motif of the Obama "O" logo into the eagle's shield. Georgetown, Manifest Hope, January 2009.

Above: A mural bearing the motto "E Pluribus Unum," near Gallery Place Metro, November 2009. This multicultural vision is inspiring, but I wonder if the group of people striking a dramatic posture under a shared banner might evoke (however unintentionally) the visual iconography of a very different time and place.

For a conventional use of this motto, see the previous posting.