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I am writing a book about integrating experience, and I have been toying with the idea of creating a symbol or simple graphic to represent the concept of "integration."
The concept is: to bring parts together in a whole; unify. Imagine bringing together in your mind all the parts of a past experience until you understand the experience completely. That is the concept of "integration" I am discussing in my book.
I don't really want to use the word "integration" in the graphic, but I also don't want to limit your imagination.
1 - Represent the concept of "integration" in a simple graphic that is both aesthetic and compelling.
2 - As a second category, incorporate the text "integration" in a simple graphic that captures the essence of the definition.
I wouldn't be able to offer much, but if I see a design that I like very much, I would like to use that image on the cover of my book. I could pay the artist modestly. (Modestly means not very much!)
I envision the book cover having a mid tone color background, not white or black.
Here is the working title on a mock cover, with an idea off the top of my head.
http://talkgraphics.infopop.net/1/Op...&ul=1101906325
Why, I’m afraid I can’t explain myself, sir, because I’m not myself, you know...
- Lewis Carroll
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I am writing a book about integrating experience, and I have been toying with the idea of creating a symbol or simple graphic to represent the concept of "integration."
The concept is: to bring parts together in a whole; unify. Imagine bringing together in your mind all the parts of a past experience until you understand the experience completely. That is the concept of "integration" I am discussing in my book.
I don't really want to use the word "integration" in the graphic, but I also don't want to limit your imagination.
1 - Represent the concept of "integration" in a simple graphic that is both aesthetic and compelling.
2 - As a second category, incorporate the text "integration" in a simple graphic that captures the essence of the definition.
I wouldn't be able to offer much, but if I see a design that I like very much, I would like to use that image on the cover of my book. I could pay the artist modestly. (Modestly means not very much!)
I envision the book cover having a mid tone color background, not white or black.
Here is the working title on a mock cover, with an idea off the top of my head.
http://talkgraphics.infopop.net/1/Op...&ul=1101906325
Why, I’m afraid I can’t explain myself, sir, because I’m not myself, you know...
- Lewis Carroll
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Hi Dale...
ok, call me slow but... I really am having a hard time integrating this concept into my mind... haha...
just joshing with yas... sounds like fun... [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
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I'm with Gigit, I haven't a clue what you are talking about and the graphic you presented with a orange rectangle certainly does not inspire anything.........Sorry not trying to be difficult here.
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So here is my entry, maybe I'll do another if I understand this whole concept a bit better.
It's simple (which aint' easy for me to do!! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] )
So, don't be cruel! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]
Richard [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]
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My interpretation of integration.
Arnold
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Dale - Here is a concept combining what I think is both of your specs. I will send you the xara file if you are interested in it.
Good Luck!
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"Wherever you go, there you are."
Randy Allen
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My example was truly uninspired, I will admit.
The orange triangle is just there as part of a mock book cover, but not as part of the integration graphic. My lame attempt is in the top left corner. Those incredible circles! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
Lame! That is why I am asking you wonderful artists for your ideas.
I really like the submissions so far! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]
Arnold and Randy are definitely on the track of representing what I am looking for. Richard, yours has potential, but isn't quite there.
I like what has been done so far, but I would also like to see some ideas for a simple graphic that could be placed anywhere on any style of book cover.
Randy, I would like your .xar file to play around with. Very nice design!
http://talkgraphics.infopop.net/1/Op...&ul=1101906325
Why, I’m afraid I can’t explain myself, sir, because I’m not myself, you know...
- Lewis Carroll
[This message was edited by Dale Landry on September 17, 2002 at 11:16.]
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Here is the Xara file. If you use my design, I would simply like an autographed copy of your book! Best of luck...
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"Wherever you go, there you are."
Randy Allen
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Best of luck with your book.If it is as good as your graphics you will have a winner.
Mike
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Here is my sketch to you.
Valery
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Dale, your book sounds really intriguing! Would you please tell us some more about it? What, exactly, is the "technique" you're expounding on? What kind of "experiences" do you have in mind for this integrating? And what would I end up with if I succeeded with your IT?
K
www.xaraxone.com/FeaturedArt/kn/
www.klausnordby.com/xara
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Having nothing to offer myself at this stage perhaps I shouldn't comment, but (hope I'm not upsetting anyone here!) Valery's design is the first that would actually tempt me to pick up the book and look at it...
Peter
Peat Stack or Pete's Tack?
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More great submissions!
Randy you are very gracious to offer your cover idea for such a low fee! I like your design very much, but want to play with the colors a bit. I'll let you know.
Klaus, do you want me to give my secrets away before I publish??????
In a nutshell: The Integration Technique is designed to help a person integrate negative experiences, with the result of eliminating any persistent negative feelings, emotions, or sensations left over from those experiences.
Example: I had a torn cartilage and surgery on my left knee 5 years ago, with resulting stiffness and pain since then. Using my technique, I have rid myself of most of those sensations. (The sensations that are still there in my knee are there because I haven't addressed them yet, and are the more subtle ones.)
It works on any kind of feeling. "Persistent" does not mean the feeling is present all the time, only that it recurs and does not fully disappear after a reasonable length of time.
My technique does not require a practitioner. It is totally self-help.
Please ask if you have any more questions. I cannot give you any details about the technique itself or the theory behind it. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]
NOTE: If any of you practice a technique called Focusing, I would like to hear from you via email. Use the email address in my profile. Please demonstrate your familiarity with Focusing in your email.
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Why, I’m afraid I can’t explain myself, sir, because I’m not myself, you know...
- Lewis Carroll
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probably not the one you will use but at least it's a bit more to what you are describing here.
The image is about negative energy leaving the body, many of us have lots, hense the larget arrows, while positive energy comes in to replace it, but comes in more slowly. The body design is mine, a beveled shape that I created then using the blend tool and blending it in towards the smaller clone (which I colored the shade of violet, which is the higher Chakra color, meaning the heart and mind are open and connected to the higher power (God/Goddess/All that IS)) The fonts are simple New Times Roman but I colored them in a way and used linear transparency to blend the colors. I used all lower case fonts so as not to draw attention to the capitalizations.
Hope this gives you a better idea of what you are looking for Dale.
Enjoy!! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]
Richard [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]
---Wolff On The Prowl---
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That is really an awesome graphic!
I think that a conservative approach with the text/title is better, so that it is instantly readable. I tend to shy away from script fonts or any confusing blending of words, generally.
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Why, I’m afraid I can’t explain myself, sir, because I’m not myself, you know...
- Lewis Carroll
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Good challenge. After several blind alleys here's my conceptual meanderings. Not saying the shape and colour are ideal but just as an idea.
Love your definition of MODEST [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]
Egg
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hey, good to see all the entries thus far...
I agree with Dale regarding the text layout concerns...
happy creat'n all ... [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
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I don't like this one so much but it has a different merit.
Egg
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Dale,
I didn't think my first post was quite finished so I added the center sphere to "intergrate" all of the words,thoughts,or experiences being drawn to the center into one complete understanding.
Mike
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I tried a more simplistic approach.
Gary
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Dale,
Your getting some really great ideas, I wasn't going to post because I got intimidated. But if I don't try I'll never improve.
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Gary, I laughed that you included my Alice in Wonderland quote! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
Tim, your graphic is really great, but you spelled "integration" wrong.
I have no idea how I am going to decide on one of these. I like many of them a lot! Maybe after all the entries are in, you guys and gals could offer your professional opinions about which designs you like best and think would get the best reaction from a consumer shopping at a book store.
I am working on a few ideas for my own designs, but so far they seem too complex for me to do them easily with my limited Xara experience.
One of my ideas involves using a child's blocks, so if anyone has created this type of graphic before, maybe you could play with that idea.
Thanks for the great ideas, and keep them coming! What you think of as lame might be just what I'm looking for.
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Why, I’m afraid I can’t explain myself, sir, because I’m not myself, you know...
- Lewis Carroll
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Dale,
I know, not only that, but it's not the one I ment to post. That's not the final, I wasn't looking when I posted and I don't know how to
get rid of it so as to post the correct one.
The final is the same except a different blue back ground, and the title. Oh well
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That's the spirit Tim. Looks like you are not the only one to misspell "integration" and I did it twice.
Mike
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My mind is more phonetic, so I say it and want to spell it: intergration. One to many 'r's there!! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
I like ALL these ideas!! I just try to keep in mind that this is a metaphysical type of book. Metaphysical is not meant as we all have come to know the word. It is a word that is used to explain something that is beyond the "norm" to us common folks.
Dale has strongly hinted that the book will be about self healing, making use of the mind and spirits ability to let go of the past pain that we all carry with us from experiences long gone. Thus when the past is completely healed and that is let go of and you are truly ready to move forward and your open to recieving positive energy. Kind of like filling up holes that needed filling up, but with positive energy in it's place, thus the body will be more alive and positive, thus the person, as a whole, would be more alive and positive in there day to day living.
Personally I, who is one living with HIV, am on my own personal journey to heal from within, using similar techniques. My Spiritual Mentor is confidant that I am capable of spontaneous healing. It's all about living in the moment. Not letting the past control you or dwelling on what has not happened yet. It's allot of work but so far it's all been good. Hey, after 20 years with this I am NOT who I was, nor would I ever go back, why should I, it's all in the past!! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
So I used a human figure shape, in my submission, to draw attention. I see that many books, when I am researching something on health related issues, esp. mind issues, usually catch my eye if I see a human shape on the cover, for some reason it draws me to look inside. But that's just me. I am very visual, so I look for graphics to entice me to look further when I am shopping around for such a book.
Just my 2 cents!! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]
Richard [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]
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I must admit that your image is very compelling for the reasons you mentioned. I like the way you have included the human form, and your image has stuck in my head more than any other.
NOTE: My book is NOT metaphysical. I took a scientific approach in the development of Integration, not a New Age or "spiritual" approach. I view human beings as physical/biological creatures, and my theory and technique was developed with that premise in mind.
I am a big fan of James Randi, the magician and critical thinking guru.
Here are a couple of my recent attempts at a book cover.
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Why, I’m afraid I can’t explain myself, sir, because I’m not myself, you know...
- Lewis Carroll
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- Lewis Carroll
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I see the concept of the development of a person as being the sum total of experience. Imagine the person presenting a sold form to the world when viewed from the contempory view point but if viewed from a future point the individual would be seen as incomplete, translucent and lacking hard/solid form, perhaps being propelled forward towards the future viewer by the experiences being assimilated.
People talk about a full spectrum of experience so I have shown the experiences as a spectrum of light behind the 'forming' individual.
It's only a quick sketch of a subject that would require a great deal of thought and work to do it justice in my opinion.
derek
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Christine, I am really reluctant to butt in BUT three cogged wheels can't move. They are in constant state of bind. I really like your design but it needs to be mechanically feasible for me to pick the book up off the shelf. You need to have an even number of wheels to freely rotate.
Sorry for the pot shot from the peanut gallery.
dafipp
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I was intrigued by Gary's use of a very simple design, so I started looking for a way of creating a symbol or logo that could be used in a variety of different ways, independent of the title of the book.
By the way, is there something in Xara that will tell me the angle at which I have rotated an object, such as the ovals that make up my logo thingy?
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Why, I’m afraid I can’t explain myself, sir, because I’m not myself, you know...
- Lewis Carroll
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I am thinking in terms of using the symbol/logo/graphic on a website.
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Why, I’m afraid I can’t explain myself, sir, because I’m not myself, you know...
- Lewis Carroll
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I certainly appreciate your approach to this technique, but if I read it the information may convey itself, to my mind, as more meta than scientific. Or it may have qualities of both. I also think you misunderstood me. I do not get much into the whole NEW AGE thing. Metaphyisical has been linked with that term "new age" for so long that everyone automatically think that. I was not refering to any thing NEW AGE in my observations. Meta mind or meta physical are two terms that are before and not nessesarily new age.
Your designs, while very nice, to my eye, do not convey anything to do with the human body or mind. I would pick up the book because I knew it was you, and I intend to own a copy anyway [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img] but if I didn't know you, more than likely I would pass that one up. Sometimes I will look at the title of the book and then what's on the cover, and as I've mentioned in my previous posting, if the cover image doesn't click something in my minds eye I usually don't bother with it.
Another note is that, for me, I don't tend to buy books that are SO word intensive (kind of like many of my posts [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]) that I get lost in the first paragraph. Diagrams, chapter heading illustrations and the type spacing set so there are more pages with less words on each page are what attracts me to a book. If I thumb through a book and all I see is tight, small type and that's it, I feel overwhelmed right off the bat. Some folks like that but It's not for me.
Example. I met a man last night while at dinner with my friend/brother/owner of the salon, Eliezer, he is a body worker/healer. He works with the Chakra system allot. I can't afford his services and he is pretty well known all over the world, but I DID get up the nerve to ask him of a book he might recommend and told him the same thing I memtioned here. So he thought for a moment and said he knew of such a book. The author is a Bhudist Monk and he took centuries of all the knowledge about the Chakra system and compiled it into an easy to read book that gets to the point but makes TOTAL sense with diagrams, ect....... So Eliezer, after dropping me home, went over to his house to talk some more and probably got the book for me or the information of where to find a copy for myself (which I prefer).
That, in todays world, is something, from my observations, most people want. Something that is easy to read and understand. Not overwhelming or over worded. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]
I like Masques image, interesting, if you added one more shade of blue, between the indigo and sky blue you would have the exact colors of the Chakra system. But they need to be reversed. The Violet at the crown of the head down to the red at the pelvic area (root Chakra).
Richard [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]
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[This message was edited by RAMWolff on September 19, 2002 at 10:22.]
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Thanks for the explanation. I might add that I have not used anything in my book that relates to chakras, auras, or any other unproven concept, theory or practice. I have studied many different religions and practices: Eckakar, astral projection, astrology, Scientology, Bahai Faith, Zen, Kriya Yoga, Transcendental Meditation, and many more. I got to the point where I chose to reject 99% of everything I had studied, and started to walk my own path.
Taking a scientific attitude was the only way to get back my sanity. There is so much nonsense out there, and finding the few pearls among the thousands of pebbles has been quite an undertaking.
Would you let me use your .xar file, to play with the colors and alignment? (The human figure is not in alignment with the vertical bluish elements.)
I promise I won't steal it from you! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif[/img]
By the way, I am trying to keep my book short and to the point, with about 15 chapters of no more than 10 pages each. (That is five pages printed on both sides, so you can see that I am keeping my chapters short.) I can relate to your desire to read a book that has short chapters, is easy to read, and doesn't add a lot of filler and crap. And I hate books with tiny printing!
I began with about 120 pages, expanded to about 180-200 pages, and now I am unmercifully editing it and removing unnecessary stuff. My goal is to trim it to about 120 pages again. Lean and mean, with no nonsense. Just da facts! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
I have a lot of extra background material I had intended to put in the book, but I have decided to instead put it on my Integration Technique website for those who want to know more. I will build this website just before I get published.
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Why, I’m afraid I can’t explain myself, sir, because I’m not myself, you know...
- Lewis Carroll
[This message was edited by Dale Landry on September 19, 2002 at 11:03.]
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Here's my take. Dale, it was an interesting exercise.
Mickie
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Very nice!
My next one was interesting. I had a lot of fun with my wishful thinking, too!
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Why, I’m afraid I can’t explain myself, sir, because I’m not myself, you know...
- Lewis Carroll
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do you have an address that you would prefer me to send the file to??
I see your yahoo address but will that one work??
When I had to reload the computer last week I lost my address book, so I don't have yours any more. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif[/img]
PS. I made quite a few changes in the design, it's much more centered and I like it's lots better. The file is only 114 KB but it's not one that I really want to publically share, except with you (no offense to anyone reading this).
Richard [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]
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