Ruins, for me, are the beginning. With the debris, you can construct new ideas. They are symbols of a beginning.
Migratory birds connect people, ecosystems, and nations. They are symbols of peace and of an interconnected planet.
The soul... may have many symbols with which it reaches toward God.
I think it's certainly important that we don't have symbols in our society that are offensive to a segment and that arouse racial division.
Here's the problem with downplaying the radical nature of decommodification: when you empty something of political content, politicians are free to wield symbols as they please.
I think the aloe is one of South Africa's most powerful, beautiful and celebratory symbols. It survives out there in the wild when everything else is dried.
I flee from symbols. I think those who don't want to solve problems go to the symbols. I'm looking for content.
Cottage cheese is one of our culture's most visible symbols of self-denial; marketed honestly, it would appear in dairy cases with warning labels: this substance is self-punitive; ingest with caution.
I understand the power of symbols, and if I had anything on my house that seriously offended someone, I'd take it down if for no other reason than common courtesy.
A sign to me is a one-liner, a symbol is very complex and my house is a series of symbols.
