LOVE

Part 1:

• Robert Indiana's Love is a symbol that you recognize anywhere. Growing up, and even today, when I see it, I think of New York. Even though I have never visited New York, I still always think of the city and state when I see this widely recognized work of art.

• When I see the O tilted the way it is, I feel it's representing how imperfect the word is. Because love is anything but perfect. Love can be crazy, disastrous, drunk, stupid (not saying this design is that), sad, happy, fun. A lot of different things can be described as love. The O brings in the total design instead of making it perfectly aligned. I did read that the O is slanted sideways so that its oblong negative space creates a line leading to the V.

• Again, with the Love sculpture I see New York. I see the love the country had after 9/11. After 9/11 I remember them showing the sculptures. Now, I don't know if they were located in New York (I've since learned they are located in a plethora of locations), but the design of the sculpture shown was always easy on the eyes and so nicely and boldly designed. 

• As for color variations, I really like the black and white one as well as the one with red, blue, and green. I think they all tie in nicely together and look pleasing. The one I'm not really fond of is the one with yellow, red, and black. Don't get me wrong, I love the color yellow. But it just looks too much like a bee or wasp to me, just not patriotic to me when it comes to America and Love. 

Photo from Modern Now's website, Modern Now's website

Part 2: 

• Both these designs are identical with the letter L but both look different after the fact. They are both beautiful script/cursive writing and both flow really well with the eye. 

• I think she is just trying to convey love is a gift and love is everywhere, even in the sky. All you need is love and sometimes people need to hear that. 

• Both sheets of stamp flow into the next with both. Like it is a ribbon and signal of love. My ocd was very relaxed seeing how the design on the sheet of stamps is conveyed. Like love never ends.