Re: Conlang Flag: Voting

Shanthanu wrote:

>    Do you have any reasons for wanting to remove the curves?  I've put up
> a
> version without curves at
> http://home.iitk.ac.in/student/shanth/images/nocurves.png
Well now, _I_ think that's very nice, and hope someone will second the
motion.  (1) It definitely looks like a flag! (2) It is nicely abstract (and
might be somewhat mysterious to the uninitiated), yet symbolically
incorporates the original colors and the original concept of two mouths and
intertwined tongues.

The version with the two characters struck me as cluttered-- esp. the
Chinese character, which would probably give the flagmaker a problem.
Neither character, I suspect, would show up well on a small version. Also,
anything from a modern, living language suggests a favoritism or bias that
is surely not intended. Lastly, as was mentioned in connection with some
other designs, words don't seem appropriate on a flag.  Clearly I don't
object to the hieroglyph in the other designs--where it has a more purely
symbolic function (even though I suppose it does represent a _word_, albeit
a dead one).

The other design, with the curvy things, is marginally better, since it
stays at an abstract level, but in both designs I think the additions
detract from the otherwise very clean appearance.

Just my personal feelings, of course.