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lksteve · 05-24-2006, 20:21

WM, Islam is an iconoclastic cosmology...no graven images of anything...it's a slippery slope, thinking about using animal symbology in that context...they aren't real comfortable with anthromorphic camels, either (although when explained to them, they took to Celmi and Mandeeq when it appeared in Rajo during Restore Hope...while printed images of animals (and people, for that matter) are sensitive, written images, in the form of poetry, seemed to be accepted...while in Somalia, one of the better programs we had started with a poetry contest...once we had some winners, we also had a pretty good idea of what sort of phrasing and word pictures, if you will, could work toward our ends...we used the poems we received as templates for future products and campaigns...Radio Rajo was somewhat successful in putting out our message, in many respects, due to the "favored" affect of words over images...

when it comes to religious symbols, i would be hesitant to use them in an area where i did not have a trusted, native speaking believer as an advisor...

my $0.02...

05-24-2006, 20:21	#8
lksteve Quiet Professional Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Castle Rock, CO Posts: 2,531	WM, Islam is an iconoclastic cosmology...no graven images of anything...it's a slippery slope, thinking about using animal symbology in that context...they aren't real comfortable with anthromorphic camels, either (although when explained to them, they took to Celmi and Mandeeq when it appeared in Rajo during Restore Hope...while printed images of animals (and people, for that matter) are sensitive, written images, in the form of poetry, seemed to be accepted...while in Somalia, one of the better programs we had started with a poetry contest...once we had some winners, we also had a pretty good idea of what sort of phrasing and word pictures, if you will, could work toward our ends...we used the poems we received as templates for future products and campaigns...Radio Rajo was somewhat successful in putting out our message, in many respects, due to the "favored" affect of words over images... when it comes to religious symbols, i would be hesitant to use them in an area where i did not have a trusted, native speaking believer as an advisor... my $0.02... __________________ ""A man must know his destiny. if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, twice, or at the very most, three times, fate will reach out and tap a man on the shoulder. if he has the imagination, he will turn around and fate will point out to him what fork in the road he should take, if he has the guts, he will take it.""- GEN George S. Patton
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