The Open Window Society

“(Toleration has often been absent in the great monotheistic religions, which have tended to) regard non-orthodox beliefs as idolatry, heresy (or apostasy). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs and Religions, from the section titled Tolerance.

The Dictionary of Beliefs and Religions has been a pretty handy book over the years. It was required course reading for a Comparative Religion class I was enrolled in at McMaster University but I’m not sure I used it all until after my (rather hasty) departure from institutionalized higher learning. It’s a book I’ve used for similar purposes to this one in the past – that is, randomly selecting a page or topic & using it to stimulate ideas & such… no matter what page you flip to, there’s always some weird stuff. In this case, I think it’s appropriate that it’s the section on (religious) tolerance that I stumble upon – a very timely & relevant connection for me, what with the eminent paganism of the music that played during the poster’s creation and the general distaste for orthodoxy of any sort (not to mention the interest in “idolatry” & “heresy”) here at the Open Window Society… Lots of interesting ideas in here from the get-go.

Synæsthesia Text Projects are an ongoing series of text-based posters revolving around Jamie’s experience of grapheme (letter/number) - colour synæsthesia.
Grapheme - colour synæsthesia on Wikipedia

Below is the letter/colour breakdown – each square corresponds with one of the letters in the phrase (for example: R=green; E=blue; G=green; A=blue; &c.). In the final art I try to represent the effect that I perceive from the combination of letters, the initial letter of each word having a pronounced sway over the rest. Here, the reds and greeny-grey-browns dominate, with a sprinkling of hazy blue.

Originally posted on it’s all gone potatoes