7/17/2008 - Think+ Review

I thought it would be a good post to review the method of how I came up with Think+.

Years ago I learned a technique used when building Sigils, but it also is used in logo design for markting and advertizing. I have used it to help find things that I have lost, bring about change and even to represent me symbolically.

It bascially entails writing out a sentance or set of words describing what you want the symbol to represent, bringing them down to a common denominator (single letters) and then arranging them in different ways until you are happy with the symbol.

I used that technique to build the Think+ symbol. In each pic you can see each letter and the plus sign outlined in red:

7/09/2008 - Interesting Realization

I remembered something today when I ran into a co-worker that I had not seen since I had been back.

Back in post 4/28/2008 - Awake Song, I mentioned the group of numbers I found while pondering the Golden Number. I took these numbers and stopped by a gas station to fill out a lottery scan tron and they did not have a station with a pencil to fill it out. I took a scan tron and decided, for some unknown reason, that I should leave and go to another one.

I stopped at the next gas station down the street and asked for a pencil from the cashier. While I was filling out the sheet the co-worker I ran into today tapped me on the shoulder and said hi. We talked about management changes and how things were going in life and he mentioned that I should come back to the old job someday. I thought nothing of it at the time, but realized now when I saw him that this may have been what the numbers were all about in the first place, to meet with him and start the ball rolling on starting back at this old job.

Ain't life grand?

7/05/2008 - Yoga TJ's

My wife, son and I were getting groceries at TJ's when we ran right into the woman from the other day. I introduced her to my family and we discussed Yoga. My wife has been trying to get me to try Yoga for years as I am just about the least stretchy person on the planet. I asked my wife to buy me a mat while she was out shopping. We plan on going this Friday. I hope I don't snap any tendons!

7/02/2008 - Bike Ride Disaster

I decided, in an unanticipated whim, to ride my bike to the bus stop this morning. As I was flying down a steep hill near my house, I started turning with the left-hand curve of the road. I did not notice until it was too late that the road was covered with a fine coating of dirt and gravel. I could not lean into the turn enough to turn and had to move in toward the curb. I slowed down and tried to run out of the crash and was not able to and rolled and flipped. It was fun and I was not hurt, but did put my hand down and collected about 30+ goat heads in it.

At lunch I was driven over to a pizza place to meet folks from my old job. A man I used to work with, Terry, told me that he has had a headache for about six weeks. My headache has been gone for nine. I am hoping that I did not transfer this headache to him. I told him all the knowledge I could about having chronic headaches and suggested some treatments and doctors.

That night my wife and I were eating dinner at a Chinese restaurant. She handed me my fortune cookie and it read: "Be weary today, you should only be a passenger, do not try and drive anywhere."

My thought was "too little to late!"

I did take the bus to work, was driven to and from lunch by a co-worker, had my wife pick me up after work and after getting the fortune I also had my wife drive home...just in case.

7/01/2008 - Lunch with the King - G13

GONG #13

Out of nowhere I decided that I should give Mr King a call. He was on his way over to a local Chai house so I decided to go meet him.

I met a nice lady who he told me was suffering from severe arthritis and practiced pikram yoga. I noticed her before he introduced me because she sat down on table next to us and was reading "The Pillarts of the Earth" by Ken Follett. I just finished this book a few weeks ago.

We were enjoying lunch and I was listening to his perspective on his roots (Pacific Islander/East Indian) when I looked above the register. GONG! Perched above the registered was a white board. Drawn on the white board was a symbol all too familiar to me that I immediately gasped and ask Mr King, "What does that mean?"

He stated that this was a Northern Indian Astrological chart. I looked closer and the chart (which almost exactly resembled my Think+ symbol) has a list of planets including the sun and moon on the right side with corresponding dates. The symbol for the sun was a circle with a dot in it. This is the exact symbol I have come to draw in different areas of my symbols.

The chart is a map of where the planets are for this time. The sun in this chart was in the center upper quadrant. This, reflected in the first iteration of the Think+ symbol, is where I placed the dot (the north diamond.) I was amazed and needed to know more.

On the way back to the office I called Leo and asked him if he knew what this chart was. At first he did not, but finally put it together with my description. "This is the Vedic Chart and I believe it has origins in ancient Hindu culture."

Here is an example of one the latest version of the Think+ symbol (Keep in mind I drew this over a week before I went to lunch with Mr. King):















This is an example of what was on the board:



















One interesting parralel I realized at this lunch is that I saw the Eye of Horus on the sign at Canteras Del Rey a few days ago. The word Canteras in spanish means either a certain type of volcanic rock sculptures (which I think is the definition on the sign,) quarry or players (as in performance arts.) Rey means King in spanish. I find it curious that I met Mr. King at a presentation where part of the discussion was revolving around quarries.

Facinating no?