So understanding it is important, but also understanding what makes a symbol great is the key, I guess. Yeah, you can alter a meaning of a symbol very easily. I mean, when you're talking about that, it seems, sorry, just to be, I think you've got to look at Pepe, right? That's, it's probably the most, it's on every Discord server, it's the most, one of the most used symbols on the planet.
And when Matt Fury made that, right, he didn't have any of his intentions. It's been hijacked by extreme right-wing people, it's been hijacked by the Trump propaganda campaign, doesn't matter what you feel about that, it's just an example. And so that's really interesting, because he's deployed this, it's been absorbed by the populace, and it's been used in so many ways, with people connecting it to Egyptian liminal gods, kek, kekek.
So that's symbolism being transformed in operation real time now. I don't know if you've ever watched Phil's Good Man, it's a great documentary where he references and talks about how his work has been hijacked. It's a great documentary.
I love this part. What a wonderful conversation we're having. I really am enjoying this very much, that's why I'm just sitting quietly, but I love the part where you said, and it does make you think about how will it be changed, if you're having symbolism in your work, and when our search talked about how it was hijacked, and yes, you may not be able to control that, when it becomes mass hijacked, and becomes totally, what does it represent later? What was the intention, and where does it go? And how many of our symbols would change, and it's absolutely, like a smiley face, just a smiley face.
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