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It's a rectagonal target.

I find the idea that a rectangular piece of minimalist art can be completely evocative of the supposedly essential character of a group of people who were accidentally born within the borders of an arbitrarily defined piece of land kinda suspect, to be quite honest.

@Rache, What I'm saying is that the American flag is a part of Americana.  I'm not sure what the equivalent word for that is for Japanese people and British people, but I feel that those countries are also very strongly associated with their flags as well.  I think that there are some flags that are hard to look at without evoking the images and sensations of the country that they're associated with, and the emotions that come with them.  For example, when I look at the Nazi flag, it instantly evokes a a certain set of images and emotions, and there's no mistaking those images and emotions with those of any other political regime.  When I think of the French flag, it's hard not to shake off the associations that it has with revolution.  It's a two-way relationship, of course, because the flag in and of itself doesn't evoke those things just because it exist.  Rather, flags it's the way that a flag is used by those who adopt it, and how strongly they associate with it.

 

With the Kitiliks, I feel that I've created a flag that becomes more than just a design, and has the opportunity to become an entity of its own.  When I start illustrating for some of my books, this flag will really contribute to the atmosphere of certain scenes and give them a distinctly Kitilik flavor.

 

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I dunno man, they might not be that into rectangular targets.