Dibble Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 Okay, so I've never felt like my parents and family in general ever much cared for my existence and for the longest time I followed their example (by which I mean I didn't care to exist about as much as they lacked interest in me). That's how things were for most of my life until my early 30's when I slowly stared waking up to the abuse I had suffered and started my long climb out of the dark pit I was in. Now that I'm starting to see some light as I get nearer the top I've decided to start caring more that I exist. One of the ways I'm doing this is by having a personal coat-of-arms designed sort of to say two things: 1. I could have had one designed for 'my family' but they can go take a hike as far as I'm concerned based on their track record; this one's for me. 2. A coat-of-arms can be passed down a lineage. Lineages always start with a specific person who took the initiative to start one. I'm starting this new lineage with me and thinking of it as the start of a tribe of peacefully parented people. What do you guys think? Attached the actual coat-of-arms. For those of you who may be viewing this from work: be warned. There are mermaids on it and they don't tend to wear clothes... The roses are for my name, the line in the middle represents the town walls of the place I was born and the bee represents creativity and productivity as I'm a creative jack-of-all-trades. The mermaids represent eloquence (as I'm an amateur writer). The swan heads up top represent eternal love (for the self and others?). The colors (blue and silver) represent sincerity and loyalty. 1
luxfelix Posted November 4, 2014 Posted November 4, 2014 I really like this idea! Where/how did you come up with idea to design an armorial achievement?
cynicist Posted November 4, 2014 Posted November 4, 2014 Love it! The creative expression of growth is a beautiful thing. I'm thinking about what kinds of symbols I'd use.
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