Neo Ideograms

Here’s what the old one looked like. The message is in regular written English on the back.

So, I’m going to try silkscreening my own. Should be fun. Send me a message if you want to pre-order one. Should be $25 or so, maybe more. Be the first one on your block to get one!

By the way, the message is meant sincerely. It is not bullshit. Ids have changed my mind, and my psyche, and indeed for the better. New creations automatically flash into my mind in response to language. I use the images in my thoughts — thoughts I wouldn’t have had before without the id components — at least not with such stability and clarity.

At an early presentation I gave someone asked me if I could represent abstract ideas with ids. I replied, “Yes, better than ordinary language can.”

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I show a couple of more ids that belong in the “goal” family, using my time/distance indicator. With “out” and “great” I show how with ids I am more specific and clear about the meanings intended by the words. Being graphic invites and requires you to do that.

The Georgia Guide Stones called for a “living world language”. What I do is certainly living! It is in a sense, and at least has the potential to be, a metalanguage — above and applicable to all languages.

If you can zoom in and see it, the section between the red lines is a transcription of the printed page. Ids are compact!

Examples of my thinking in paraids. (“paraid” — id (ideogram)-related mental representations)

I forgot to include in the below my ids for “direct” and “indirect,” which are very relevant. I was also going to, but didn’t, show my cool id for “distract”, which is also relevant. Oh well, if anyone is interested (unlikely) they can write and ask.