Comments on: Symbolism http://www.tech-samaritan.org/blog/2007/07/04/symbolism/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:15:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Chris http://www.tech-samaritan.org/blog/2007/07/04/symbolism/#comment-8064 Chris Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:23:24 +0000 http://www.tech-samaritan.org/blog/2007/07/04/symbolism/#comment-8064 Recalling some art theory lectures from my diploma-getting days, symbolism is the short-hand used to cause a persuasive emotional response in the place of a lengthy factual argument. Another way to look at it is that symbolism is the profanity of the experts. We expect others to know what we mean via the use of symbols associated with our particular expertise and we don't want to take time to think or about or explain what we mean, hence our convictions are often better explained with four letter words. Recalling some art theory lectures from my diploma-getting days, symbolism is the short-hand used to cause a persuasive emotional response in the place of a lengthy factual argument.

Another way to look at it is that symbolism is the profanity of the experts. We expect others to know what we mean via the use of symbols associated with our particular expertise and we don’t want to take time to think or about or explain what we mean, hence our convictions are often better explained with four letter words.

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