{"id":46618,"date":"2011-07-02T13:25:03","date_gmt":"2011-07-02T13:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/index.php\/2011\/07\/02\/benajohnson-mike-sullman-asks-what-does-the\/"},"modified":"2018-12-04T22:59:15","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T22:59:15","slug":"benajohnson-mike-sullman-asks-what-does-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/index.php\/2011\/07\/02\/benajohnson-mike-sullman-asks-what-does-the\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-46618 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/index.php\/2011\/07\/02\/benajohnson-mike-sullman-asks-what-does-the\/attachment\/46619\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/tumblr_lndxtdsf3q1qf9g48o1_1280.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/tumblr_lndxtdsf3q1qf9g48o1_1280.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/tumblr_lndxtdsf3q1qf9g48o1_1280.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/tumblr_lndxtdsf3q1qf9g48o1_1280.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/benajohnson.tumblr.com\/post\/6930926177\" target=\"_blank\">benajohnson<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mike-sullman.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">mike-sullman<\/a> asks: \u201cWhat does the symbol mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a good question. I designed it years ago to be my own personal sigil\/seal\/symbol. I\u2019d previously designed something that I\u2019d lost the original file for, so this was my replacement. I was inspired by the way in which the Star of David is made of two interlocking triangles, and I wanted to make a similar design for what I sometimes refer to as the \u201cStar of Ben\u201d which is four interlocking equilateral triangles with two circles. It creates a star that is either 4, 8, or 16 pointed depending on how you count the points.<\/p>\n<p>In many ways it represents my own\u00a0delusions\u00a0of grandeur to have a personal sigil not unlike a royal coat of arms. This is partly why when I color it in I use blue and purple. Purple and blue are both two of my favorite colors, but they also have aristocratic associations (though I have neither blue blood, nor am I of\u00a0imperial\u00a0stock).<\/p>\n<p>The star is frequently misunderstood to be a pentagon, but as it has a number of points only in multiples of four, that would be incorrect. Additionally since it\u2019s more based on the Star of David its inspiration is much more devout than\u00a0devilish.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve used this symbol for over a decade now, and I\u2019ve frequently considered getting it as a tattoo, but now I find myself closer to doing so than ever before.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>benajohnson: mike-sullman asks: \u201cWhat does the symbol mean?\u201d That\u2019s a good question. I designed it years ago to be my own personal sigil\/seal\/symbol. I\u2019d previously designed something that I\u2019d lost the original file for, so this was my replacement. I was inspired by the way in which the Star of David is made of two &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/index.php\/2011\/07\/02\/benajohnson-mike-sullman-asks-what-does-the\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46618"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46620,"href":"http:\/\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46618\/revisions\/46620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}