The Logo
By Kathleen Tonn
I searched the magazine rack at Barnes & Noble. From lifestyle, home décor, finance to body building magazines looked back at me. The magazine I was hoping to find was not on display.
For all I know, the magazine doesn’t exist. I should explain. I had a dream last week where I saw an unusual logo. The logo was on the cover of a magazine. I clearly saw the intricate, yet,
crisp shape that formed three letters upside down. E, X, and B were graphically outsized on the front cover of a finance magazine. The letters were colored in pigment I’d never seen before. As an acrylic painter, I was familiar with the color shades. However, the logo I observed in my dream had indistinguishable colors I can’t even describe the colors. I would just recognize the logo when I see it.
I walked out of the bookstore disappointed. I really hoped I would find the magazine with the logo on the store’s rack. I thought Barnes & Noble carries all magazine publications.
I opened the door to my Subaru. It was my lunch hour. I had just enough time to get a bagel from The Bagel Factory. I drove out of the parking lot still thinking about the unusual nature of that logo.
At one time I worked as a graphic artist. That job required me to do the artistic work involving company logos. Maybe that’s why I had the dream.
Perhaps that logo hasn’t been created yet. Moreover, maybe that particular finance magazine doesn’t exist yet. Many times my dreams pertain to future events. Time tables that are not clearly defined.
When I receive a dream that stands out as significant, the dream always remains in my conscious awareness. Like a computer program searching for that missing data point that completes an algorithm.
I ordered my bagel. So delicious. Plain bagel, alpha sprouts, avocado slices, crème cheese, pepper jack cheese and tomato slices. I chewed the bagel thoughtfully Again, the dream content running through my mind.
I will continue to pray about the dream. Perhaps God will bring that logo before me during some meeting. Or maybe, he might want me to design the logo as I saw it in the dream. The specific type of magazine is integral to the logo. A finance magazine. Certainly, finance and our volatile economy rub elbows.
What is God saying? Pigments I don’t recognize. A finance magazine not displayed at Barnes & Noble. A logo so unique it can’t be characterized in its simplistic complexity.
I took the last bite of the bagel.