keiichicom
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Hi,
Here is a description of the symbolism in the seal found in the hologram on your metropass, tilt it so you get the 1954 commerative TTC seal displayed.
There is first the obvious symbolism of energy being applied to wheels in order to give motion, and of course canada being part of the Commonwealth we have the usual British Crown with the sprig of maple leaves at the bottom. The crown is made of bricks of course indicating construction.
But if we turn the hologram upside down we get the sprig of maple leaves over their "fruit keys" fluttering through the ground and looks like energy is coming out of them. E.g. those "whirly bird" things we played with when we were kids - how maple trees deposit their seeds.
So we end up with the symbolism of "Perpetual Motion", "Bearing Fruit" (here the fruit of invention, etc., Also when the hologram is turned up-side down the british crown is at the bottom, which represents Canada's desire to be independent from the uk and the ttc's proof that Canada can do something great (build a transit system) on their own.
There is always a danger of going overboard with symbolism a la Dan Brown, lol
, done tonge-in-cheek
Also the shape of the fruit keys with the lightning bolt (a symbol representing Zeuss power and his actual weapon) looks alot like the caudeuceas of Hermes, which represents a union of opposites (e.g. male/female, intuition/reason etc.). and the word courtesy placed between service and safety correpsponds to the triplet maid,mother and crone with mother being over the fruit keys thus corresonding to giving birth bearing fruit, etc. blah, blah, blah.
Comments?
keiichicom
Here is a description of the symbolism in the seal found in the hologram on your metropass, tilt it so you get the 1954 commerative TTC seal displayed.
There is first the obvious symbolism of energy being applied to wheels in order to give motion, and of course canada being part of the Commonwealth we have the usual British Crown with the sprig of maple leaves at the bottom. The crown is made of bricks of course indicating construction.
But if we turn the hologram upside down we get the sprig of maple leaves over their "fruit keys" fluttering through the ground and looks like energy is coming out of them. E.g. those "whirly bird" things we played with when we were kids - how maple trees deposit their seeds.
So we end up with the symbolism of "Perpetual Motion", "Bearing Fruit" (here the fruit of invention, etc., Also when the hologram is turned up-side down the british crown is at the bottom, which represents Canada's desire to be independent from the uk and the ttc's proof that Canada can do something great (build a transit system) on their own.
There is always a danger of going overboard with symbolism a la Dan Brown, lol
, done tonge-in-cheekAlso the shape of the fruit keys with the lightning bolt (a symbol representing Zeuss power and his actual weapon) looks alot like the caudeuceas of Hermes, which represents a union of opposites (e.g. male/female, intuition/reason etc.). and the word courtesy placed between service and safety correpsponds to the triplet maid,mother and crone with mother being over the fruit keys thus corresonding to giving birth bearing fruit, etc. blah, blah, blah.
Comments?
keiichicom
