I have this memory of a question that my teacher asked. This may have been 6th grade. The teacher asked, "What words do you just really hate?" Kids were raising their hands left and right, including me. But, my hand eventually went down as I realized how I interpreted her question was not only vastly different from how she meant it but different even from how everyone else in that room interpreted it. Seriously. I was, seemingly, the only one who interpreted her question as the meaning behind words versus how a word was written or sounded. So, while my brain was fixated on words like 'hatred,' 'detest,' and 'discrimination,' theirs were shouting out ones such as 'Massachusetts,' 'lasagna,' and 'colonel.' We each have our own unique understanding and perspective of the world. This goes for how we interpret the things others say, or even what we individually say. Words carry certain vibrations for each of us in very uniquely di...

  If you've even remotely studied the chakras or other metaphysical things, you've probably noticed the symbols that accompany them. Symbolism is the language of the soul. In the Middle Ages, art was not, for the most part, about technique. Seriously, if you've never studied art from that time period, it's sub-par compared to the present day, much less the Renaissance. The emphasis, instead, went into the myth and symbolism. Mary usually wears blue, sometimes red, depending on the storyline. The dove represents the Holy Spirit. The representation of Christ has its start in Appolonic representation, think "golden boy." (Apollo was a Greek god associated with the sun, among other things. He was usually depicted with sun rays emanating from his head, which became the halo later with Christ.) It was probably the Surrealists though that really learned to capitalize on a semiotic subconscious framework within their art. Everyone argues over whether something shou...