[Dialogue] wedgeblade in Apple ad

[Charles or Doris Hahn]

The wedgeblade was the central image of the church
lecture in 1964--probably earlier. The turn symbol, as
Jim describes it came along with the turn to the
world--1972?

Doris Hahn
--- James Wiegel <jfwiegel at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Yes, it is the anarchist symbol, much more prevalent
> in Europe, there have been some conversations over
> the years that ICA should change its logo because of
> those associations.  Technically, that one with the
> wedge and the circle split in half is the "turn
> symbol" which was created after the summer of 1971
> in reflection on the movie "Little Big Man" and as
> an attempt to state the dynamics of social change: 
> Pro establishment, Dis establishment (the 2 halves
> of the circle) and Trans establishment, the wedge,
> bringing together pro and dis and moving them
> forward.
>    
>   The wedge blade was the Ecumenical Institute
> symbol which old timers remember from the front of
> room A on the west side and was the main teaching
> image for the church lecture for the church as
> social pioneer -- in that sense standing between the
> no longer and the not yet, laying down your life on
> behalf of all, or something like that.
>    
>   As my fading memory recalls, Gene Marshall's group
> in Summer 71 had a hand in developing that image.
> 
> 
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