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My Logo
Posted: May 18th, 2008, 1:28 pm
by Lightning Rod
you can't be too rich, unless you are a monk
you can't be too skinny, unless you are a reefer
such luxuries are purely intellectual
much as the sensual tempts the sexual
the mirror tempts the image
doubt temps suspicion
like yarn dangled before a kitten
fascination
My logo is simple
What you see is what you get
Posted: May 18th, 2008, 1:33 pm
by westcoast
svelte.
~westie
Posted: May 18th, 2008, 1:35 pm
by Lightning Rod
westcoast wrote:svelte.
~westie
I've been accused of this before
I guess it's my girlish figure
Posted: May 18th, 2008, 1:37 pm
by westcoast
and that cute skinny ass...
i like this poem clay. i really enjoy your writing.
~westie
Posted: May 18th, 2008, 1:41 pm
by Lightning Rod
If I have an ass, it's news to me...haha
probably because I'm sitting on it all day.
thanks for the compliment, westie
I'm glad you are entertained by my writing
that's the purpose of it, after all
I try to keep it engaging
Posted: May 18th, 2008, 7:44 pm
by gypsyjoker
Great lines Clay
this one reminds me of lenny bruce
you can't be too rich, unless you are a monk
Posted: May 18th, 2008, 9:20 pm
by Doreen Peri
I enjoyed the poem.
But your definition of "logo" isn't correct.
A logo is a graphic representation or symbol of a company (well it could be for a person, I'm sure). LOGO, if I remember correctly, is from the greek for "name."
You could call it your truth, or your motto, maybe... your tagline?
"What you see is what you get" could be your tagline or your motto.
of course, we usually call that WYSiWYG in the biz.
Posted: May 18th, 2008, 9:27 pm
by Lightning Rod
I knew I could count on you to correct me, doreen
Logos (Greek λόγος) is an important term in philosophy, analytical psychology, rhetoric and religion. It derives from the verb λέγω legō: to count, tell, say, or speak.[1] The primary meaning of logos is: something said; by implication a subject, topic of discourse, or reasoning. Secondary meanings such as logic, reasoning, etc. derive from the fact that if one is capable of λέγειν (infinitive) i.e. speech, then intelligence and reason are assumed.
Posted: May 18th, 2008, 9:50 pm
by Doreen Peri
I didn't mean to "correct" you. I just didn't get your use of the word.
I had a double post.... I removed the extraneous one.
Thanks for the definition. I got confused. Sorry. i've been designing logos and writing taglines and slogans for 15 years. My bad. In my head, I was just using the word the way I have always used it. I didn't understand. Thanks and again, good poem!
Posted: May 18th, 2008, 10:13 pm
by gypsyjoker
I just figured you meant logos, not logo.
Posted: May 18th, 2008, 10:19 pm
by Doreen Peri
gypsyjoker wrote:I just figured you meant logos, not logo.
Jack... what's "logos" mean?
differently than "logo"?
I don't understand.
Thanks for sharing the difference. Always learning.
-me
Posted: May 18th, 2008, 10:30 pm
by gypsyjoker
I first heard the word logo about forty years ago, a friend told me it was a corporate symbol or something like that. But I just checked Merriam Webster and apparently logo means motto also.
Main Entry: logo
Pronunciation: \ˈlō-(ˌ)gō also ˈlä-\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural log·os \-(ˌ)gōz\
Date: 1937
1 : logotype
2 : an identifying statement : motto
Posted: May 18th, 2008, 10:33 pm
by Doreen Peri
Oh. I thought you said it was a difference between "logos" and "logo" and I didn't know that difference.
Cool.
I didn't know "logo" could also mean "motto."
Now I get it.
Duh.
Thanks, Jack!
gypsyjoker wrote:I first heard the word logo about forty years ago, a friend told me it was a corporate symbol or something like that. But I just checked Merriam Webster and apparently logo means motto also.
Main Entry: logo
Pronunciation: \ˈlō-(ˌ)gō also ˈlä-\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural log·os \-(ˌ)gōz\
Date: 1937
1 : logotype
2 : an identifying statement : motto
It was a good poem,
what you see is what you get
but just cause you get it don't mean you got to like it.
there I go again
sorry
Posted: May 18th, 2008, 10:42 pm
by gypsyjoker
I can't edit fast enough
I thought logos was a religious term, I thought it meant the word.
but logos is also the plural of logo.
You live and learn. At any rate, you live. Douglas Adams
Posted: May 19th, 2008, 2:42 am
by WIREMAN
stirring up the honeypot
very logo-istical