Sunday, March 4, 2007

Moon and Water (or My abstract portrait)




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"So it is with the Cancer girl.
She's just a little mad, slightly sad and superbly imaginative. "
(quoted from Sunsign by Linda Goodman)






MOON and WATER
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... Do you believe in fate?

Hey, isn't every action of you a consequence of the things that have acted upon you?Just as every motion in nature is a result of a sum of outside forces, every event in life can also be analyzed as a necessary accompaniment of past event and other forces. And as physical and chemical activities can be easily predicted on condition that several data is known, it follows that life events are predictable, does it? And if they are predictable, then there must be FATE! Yeah! Yeah!



I do

I strongly believe that a person's birthday decides much of his character. Mine has shaped most of my personality.

I was born in July 15th, under the sign of Cancer, ruled by Moon, according to Western horoscope. Cancerians are called moon maiden, or Moon's daughters.

I was born in 1988, the year of Water, according to Eastern culture.

(and to know what does this mean by being of Water element, read horoscope)

My logo, or my abstract portrait, tells about the element that characterizes me: Water.

The image represents number 7, which is my month of birth, the month of Cancer.
It also resembles the letter "G" in a reverse order. "G" is the first initial of my name, "Giang", which means River in Chinese. (Again, you see Water!)

The image represents a river
The background represents the moon and the night.

The image also speaks of my nature.

Metal and Water- Hard and Soft
Sword and Hair - Male and Female



I am interested in:

               mysteries
dark corners of human mind
time and space
the past
love
life and death
fear and madness

and this is shown in:
                       the night background
the "universe background"
the knight sword and the princess's hair
blood

10 comments:

Khang said...

10 out of 10 for the meanings. You've always been full of surprise, little Giang-de-cutie ^^ You've earned my admiration for the ability to combine your horoscope, characteristics and your designs into one being, which is this logo. It's all so clear our lives have something to do with fate and each one has his or her own destination which can hardly be altered. Believe it or not, but I myself do take fate very seriously (someone I truly love would more or less have something in common or related with me in the most random and unpredictable ways! :) )

Umm, but could you tell me how the logo was created? Hand drawn then scanned or completely computer generated?

Again, thnx for the nice and meaningful logo!

zanachan said...

Thanx Khang. Btw, I'm really surprised that YOU believe in fate. You- a human computer ... @_@?!?

This is drawn completely by illustrator. He he, I'm so good! ^o^

malobolobala said...

Zana, if I hadn't lived with you, I wouldn't be able to understand your logo so:D
Nearly 6 months being with you, almost everytime and everywhere,is not along time but long enough for me to know your thoughts and feelings:D('cause even when I was going to sleep, you still woke me up to listen to youT_T).
I'm the lucky person to whom you explaind your logo not only through a blog but night by night through lots of stories:D.
Without you, I will continue ignoring to think about so many things.You give me knowledge about horoscope and philosophy, even more of the same.
My thought of love and life before and after marriage is somewhat different from yours, however, i love to talk with you about this.
Just you can know how difficult for me to express my thoughts through words( especially when finding titles for my pictues in Visual Diary:D.
Finally I just can say when i see this logo, I know it's yours, where I feel moon and water and somthing more....

zanachan said...

R u writing a love story, Trang? :D

Phuong Thao said...

uhm, that's a very nice icon, Giang. u always combine many ideas in one artwork, it gives the audiences so many intertextuality.

8ctopuS said...

A pretty complex interpretation through a rather simple image like this made me suprising, actually.

Though I heard your explaination a lot about the logo, I always feel somewhat mysterious inside.

Viet Le said...

Oh, this is the longest discription I've ever read about icons...I mean that you are...so...full of inspirations. Like ur characteristic, I think, you always try to express yourself...yes, almost all whatever you think in mind. that's good. ^^

RubyWind said...

I think you are the favourite Sue's student because you can combine many things to be one meaning. Your logo is very nice and meaningful. Anyway, be the best.

Khanh Mai said...

Your logo is really interesting, meaningful and well-drawn. I like it because I also believe in fate (I love fantasy and romantic works). Anyway, good job. If you have free time, visit my blog to look at my new work, I also made it based on feelings about fate and fantasy.

Justin Miller said...

Great imagery and references to when you were born. I look forward to seeing more posts and the meaning you get from images that you connect with.