[dorkbotlondon-blabber] Re: [dorkbotlondon-announce] future o f dorkbotlondon at state51

[Han-earl Park]

On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Atwood, Robert C wrote:

> Regardless of the symbolism of pinwheels in 845, 1845 or 1945, what is the
> symbolism of spray-paint in 2002?

A good point -- any meaning of a symbol is context dependent. (time, 
place, media, etc.)

I take Ivan Pope observation, but although on the Buddhist sun wheel did 
mutated into the swastika (or they share a common ancestor), they are not 
the same symbol. They may not even be morphologically identical (the sun 
wheel and the swastika are often drawn with opposite orientations).

My two cents.

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