The February Bloggers For Peace challenge is to create an advertisement for peace.
I asked myself what does peace mean and how can I get this across in a visual? I’m a wordy-word lady with very little, ok no, graphic design experience. While pondering peace, and staring at my book shelf, Edgar Allen Poe spoke and I listened. What is peace? Answer in an acrostic, I thought. Since it’s a black and white issue, or should be at least, I chose not to fight with color.
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I love this one! Thank you for sharing it.
I worried over posting it. Thank you for making me feel good about sending it out.
//bow// You are so incredible. I don’t know how someone with “no, graphic design experience” makes this incredible poster for peace. I love the acrostic–truth be told, I had to look up “acrostic” on the internet. I love the black and white symbolism. I love the small cursive “Bloggers for Peace” and smaller peace sign in the corners. I love the offset (don’t know what it is called when the image is bigger than the space). Your symbol makes me think peace and yin/yang. I love the inclusion of “charity”–makes me think of John Lennon’s Imagine. Love the repetition of “equal”–gives balance especially when paired with the smaller white peace sign inside the black peace sign. I could go on, but I think I will just reblog. ||bow||
Oh wow. Thank you. I was worried it look juvenile. And thank you for the reblog compliments! I’m glad you started this movement. {hugs}
Reblogged this on everyday gurus and commented:
You guys have to see this. It is “so simpo” yet so powerful, like “a finger pointing at the moon.” Please enjoy all this heavenly glory. Extra points if you guess who “This is Corn” is. {{{Hugs}}} Kozo
Fantastic work, this is really clever and cool
Rohan.
Appreciated! Thank you for the compliment Rohan.
I love this – it’s so cool!
Thank you so much. I’m honored.
OMG Melanie, I didn’t know this was your blog!!! Why didn’t you tell me!!?
I didn’t tell anybody. I snuck over here very quietly. Kozo and Twindaddy (at Stuphblog) said the same thing. I don’t really want to put it on the Donkey blog that I’m here too because Donkey reads that one (he probably reads this one too and I just don’t know it yet).
Oh ok..I can’t believe I never noticed before. Don’t want to blow whatever cover you might have.
Don’t worry about it. I have both listed under my gravatar profile, so it’s not like I’m working hard to hide it. Plus, I didn’t want people to feel obligated to read here because they were reading there, if that makes sense.
I understand. I had a second blog for a while..Brain Cooties..and it just stalled out so I got rid of it. I am not able to juggle both.
I hope I don’t stall out. I did it because DD is so topic-specific that I didn’t feel like I left myself room to explore other writings.
Yeah, I was very depressed when I started KOBF, but as I started feeling better, I wanted to be me.. Now I am the depressed funny broad.
I like your blog. I feel less alone in this sad world, and I’m inspired by your humor.
Thank you Melanie. Thank you.
Well done, Melanie! That’s quite good.
Thanks! I really am quite shocked at this positive response I’m getting. I really did think it was, oh I don’t know, rather 3rd grade. I’m very glad I was wrong and put it out there.
Even third graders are capable of greatness.
Probably more so than most of the adults out there.
I have a feeling you had a specific person in mind with this comment.
Tis true. Tis true. Except it’s probably an insult to 3rd graders to even consider him to be on their level.
Haha. You could be right.
I loved the poster! Thanks Kozo for connecting us!
Thank you Sofia. (Thanks again to Kozo for the movement and the reblog.)
Hi Melanie, thanks for making the time and effort to create this visual art Peace! I likey.
I love your play on words, art peace! I likey.
LOVE LOVE LOVE it… hope you don’t mind if I share it around
Oh! Yes! Please, do share. I don’t mind at all. What a fabulous compliment. Thank you!
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What a beautiful vision of Peace. Thank you for taking the risk to put this up. Shalom, Alia
Thank you for the compliment. Thank you for taking the time to come over and look at it.
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i love the black and white graphics and your words…simply perfect. ♥