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

[pyrzqxgl.livejournal.com]

I think the "You've come a long way, baby." is the only one I recognize, but your having gone through the selecting and cutting out process for each one would have really rubbed them in, I think.

I sometimes see "shocking" figures about how people can identify tons of corporate logos but almost no plants, but alas, corporate logos, ads, etc. have their names all over the place (and in your face) in a way that plants do not.