From: Dan Fabulich (daniel.fabulich@yale.edu)
Date: Tue Aug 29 2000 - 21:17:27 MDT
Butler suggested:
> What about the Grim Reaper?
>
> Dan Fabulich wrote:
>
> > But, so far, there is no symbol which, itself, communicates that
> > "death will come to you." If there were one, that is the symbol that
> > you'd want to put on your T-shirt.
Hmmm. Alllmost. Doesn't quite do it for me, though it might for
some; to me, the Grim Reaper is just a scary looking skeleton (or
whatever) in a robe w/ scythe. In that respect, it triggers the
"fear" response more than it makes me think of inevitability. But
putting the skeleton in clothes or concealing the body entirely does
help subdue that response. And the Reaper has certainly been used in
the context of inevitability often enough that, under the right
circumstances, it might make one think of inevitability.
Anyway, definitely better than the skull. I COULD imagine a
compelling T-shirt with a robot in the Reaper's shroud, (you only see
the hands/fingers, which are metal) carrying a scythe w/ 0s and 1s
comprising the blade.
On the front: that image, with the words: "YOUR BODY WILL DIE"
On the back: the transcendent glowing image, bathed in hex. "YOUR
BODY WILL DIE \n SAVE YOUR LIFE"
-Dan
-unless you love someone-
-nothing else makes any sense-
e.e. cummings
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