So...what do you see, when you see Gabriel Meister's tatoos?

Anne: dunno: think i prefer being alone to wearing corporate logos....

Sharon: for the record, the SUN logo is my all-time favorite logo
for its symmetry and efficiency of construction from all "U" figures.
not that i'd get a tatoo of it...but for me it has a definite aesthetic.

Anne: so...this is amusing (albeit not surprising):
you see the form, i see the function;
you see the style, i see the substance.
i.e.; you appreciate the symmetry of the SUN logo;
i look right through/past it to the corporate symbolism.

Sharon: i would replace "substance" with meaning, or connotation.
the logo has no substance; it is only a form.
just as a word is. a stand-in for the meaning.

Anne: a cute exchange to tell our students about...?

Sharon: we might.... see how THEY interpret it. might get some fresh ideas that way....