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Current Talk '05 II / Re: August 23rd - The MOST Celebrated Date In All Of DS History!
« on: August 24, 2005, 05:18:09 AM »
While I'm all for the dicussion of symbolism or even implied symbolism, when it comes to the afghan, I'm sorry, but attributing a symbolic meaning to how often it shows up - actually, one might say how it shows up *too* often - is just too much of a stretch, IMNSHO. Indeed, some people may want to believe that it's the same afghan that's baring witness to centuries of trials, tribulations and tragedy, but I'm here to tell you at last that is quite simply not the case. No, no, no, no! The sad and unbridled truth is that there were possibly thousands of afghans produced with that same exact pattern in Collinsport because it was the only pattern the people of the area were able to come up with and successfully execute. The idea that seemingly the same afghan shows up so often is an errorenous one due simply and unequivocally to a colossal lack of imagination and talent on the part of the afghan makers in Collinsport. Sorry, but that's the reality. Face up to it. Accept it. Live with it. And what's even sadder is that the people of Collinsport became so accustomed to seeing that same pattern of afghan that after a time they ceased to even register its existence in their lives.
On the other hand, don't even get me started on the mighty phallic symbolism of the silver filigree pen and the very real resounding repercussions it brought into the lives of the people who were unfortunate enough to have encountered it during its time as a central star in the DS spotlight. Their life paths were unquestionably forever alterred...
On the other hand, don't even get me started on the mighty phallic symbolism of the silver filigree pen and the very real resounding repercussions it brought into the lives of the people who were unfortunate enough to have encountered it during its time as a central star in the DS spotlight. Their life paths were unquestionably forever alterred...