www.secfive.org

Here's a design i came up with. I intended it to be a tattoo for my back. But apparently i liked it so much that i decided that it should be the logo for secfive.org as well. And maybe for my own company in the future - whatever i might be doing.

Its not complete yet, there are still some stuff that i want to tweak and play around with before i finally decide to let it be. Whats left to be done is some simple shading/hatching to the effect that it is as if is a building viewed from above with the sun inbetween it casting shadow effects and what not. And maybe some color adjustments and fills.

The motive behind this was that it was supposed to go behind on my back, perhaps even with the 'secfive.org since 1985'. I wonder what kind of publicity i would get if the media knew. mmmm....

Now that i think of it i do realize that the phrase 'since 1985' does not correctly reflect the age of the site, which currently is only a year and a month old. But I'd like to think of secfive.org as a part of the holy trinity of 'me'. Now for those less inclined with biblical mythology, let me rant on abit about the holy trinity. The holy trinity is a divine composition of 3 identities which is the holy spirit, jesus christ the son and his father, god. All these 3 identities exist as the one entity known as god, spelt with a capital g. Yes thats very correct, a Capital g.

Now i'd hate to imagine that you are feeling as though I am comparing myself to god. But let me reassure you that it is only but an analogy. I might have an egoistical view of my concious self - which given the context of the day and age and upbringing we live in and i went through - is justified, but that is another topic for another day.. Anyways, so there is the birthname loochernyang me, the online identity known as sec5 and there is his web known as secfive.org - all of which are manifestations of me. Especially so with secfive, since it is literally a collection of my thoughts and conciousness. Regardless of which side of 'me' you see. It is me nonetheless and regardless. Therefore with that in mind, the 'since 1985' tag is related to 'me' - the one being and entity collectively known as loochernyang, sec5 and secfive. Therefore what 'secfive.org since 1985' effectively translates to is that "I - the supreme being and controller of 'me' has been in existence since 1985"

Alright, now abit about the ideas behind this. I went through several designs and this was either the 3rd of 4th. Its not too clear in here, but there are 3 colours, obviously black and blue, but there are also purple coloured angular forms as well. The image is roughly split into two main areas, the obvious black bold lines which is concerned with the sun, and the faint purple and blue lines, which correlates with the causality of the sun.The core of the sign is a ceaseless sun with a good sense of symmetry in 2 axes, though it doesnt fully mirror in the x axis. There are 17 points of flame and this is a randomly generated number by virtue of the shape i was working with. I'am thinking to change it to a multiple of 7, 7 being related to sunday. The sun as a motif is an allusion to my first name which literally in chinese characters means the sun. Fire is also my element according to my fortune teller. In the centre there are 3 interlocking patterns, which invokes the strength, unity and timelessness of the sun. The outer black ring with offwardly set shark fins represents the aura and presenece of the sun which manifests itself in random and interesting ways, circles inscribed in the fins represents emptyness and fullness - duality being a consistent theme in the entire design. Finally the faint blue and purple lines represents the causality (not to be confused with casualty) of the sun. And its impact-result on the worlds around it - being a source of light that gives the ability to make sense of environments, being a source of food for plants without which earth would be barren. This is represented by a cross titled at 25 degrees - which is the rounded value of the tilt of earths axis and the 4 ends representing logic and rationality as well as the cardinal points of the earth, I might change this to make it resemble a plus sign ( + ) more. The purple angular shapes are a sharp contrast to the nice rectangular block shapes and serve as a form of counterbalance (in duality).

The shape induces the viewer to subconciously believe that the object is symmetrical and rational though complex. Indeed it looks like a very consistent and coherent pattern that can be easily dissected by a line through the center at certain angles, and we are tempted to try. However no line dissects the shape. And this is a form of duality, of both being and not being, of fullness and emptyness at the same time. A paradox which mimics life and nature. A state of falling and being stable. An actuality that borders between intelligence and divinity. And this appeals greatly to me, how something which appears to be either this or that but is actually neither or both. It eludes us ever so sublimely. Feels like playing poker with god. Mmm. god... (tempted to look in the mirror)

The object also looks like an architectural plan, which would look even more so when i add the shades. It also looks like looking at planets aligned together and we feel as though we see an entire chain of events and causality.

Mmmm. I love my logo.