"Crossing Cultures" [Reflections On Book - 100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design Stephen Heller and Veronique Vienne - # 45]

When crossing language-culture lines,
Emoticons, used all the time
On Internet, and texting too,
Display what photograms can do.

We see these symbols on our buildings, streets;
They guide our paths, direct our hurried feet;
Some folks go wild, like a cartoon, graphic-text;
Such symboled tokens point out what comes next.

I see a use in novels – playful, aids
To comprehension – guides to flipping page;
A picture’s worth a thousand words, of course,
So use with text could draw out latent force.

Thanks Lord for this.

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