Sign Vs. Symbol
Stop, Start, Move – are traffic signs.
So are the ones that go up on doors, construction sights, the road bends…
Danger, No-Smoking, Do Not Enter, Slow, Bend Ahead…
The Cross, on the other hand, is a symbol.
So is the lotus, crescent moon, swastika, Nike swoosh, Vulcan salute.
Both are simple images, and yet they are dramatically different.
The goal of a sign is literal – to communicate an instruction, unambiguously.
The Symbol, on the other hand, is a communicator of ‘meaning’.
Meaning – that is deep, cryptic, symbolic and also difficult to interpret.
We should take signs literally, without questioning.
Symbols – we should not. We must try and understand the ‘story’ behind them.
Both signs and symbols guide us – to different destinations.
Question: What symbols guide you? What is the story behind them?
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