on affirmations thru advertising, and annoying trivia brains

[firecat]

(inspired by a comment I made in janetmiles's journal)

I have a collage on my wall that's made out of advertising slogans. I made it in 1978. Although I didn't intend this when I made it, it works as a set of affirmations - some of them are even size positive.







The annoying trivia brain part: There are no brand names in the collage, but I know what ads some of the slogans are from because I associate the typeface with the brand name. It really pisses me off that my brain stores this information in preference to, e.g., the Japanese particles it refuses to remember.

Comments

[kshandra]

The two I recognize (one from slogan, one from typeface) are cigarettes. How sad is that, when I've smoked a total of three times in my life?

[firecat]

The one I particularly recognize from typeface is a brand of liquor that I've never imbibed.