{"id":885,"date":"2013-07-29T22:28:21","date_gmt":"2013-07-30T05:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.morethantwo.com\/blog\/?p=67"},"modified":"2023-02-19T21:58:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T05:58:12","slug":"a-tale-of-two-logos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.morethantwo.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/a-tale-of-two-logos","title":{"rendered":"A tale of two logos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-69\" src=\"http:\/\/www.morethantwo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blueprintlogo.jpg\" alt=\"blueprintlogo\" width=\"200\" height=\"198\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/gardenlogo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-68\" src=\"http:\/\/www.morethantwo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/gardenlogo.jpg\" alt=\"gardenlogo\" width=\"200\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.morethantwo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/gardenlogo.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.morethantwo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/gardenlogo-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These are two logos we&#8217;ve considered for the book cover for <em>More Than Two<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>When I first started thinking about writing a book about polyamory, I wanted a book cover that expressed the way I feel about relationships: the importance of deliberate, conscious choice; the value of careful planning. The design I came up with, the one on the left, used the metaphor of a construction blueprint.<\/p>\n<p>A blueprint is an important part of building anything new. It sets out the design, and it gives you a map to follow to realize that design. By making a blueprint for our hearts, I thought, we could build solid, healthy relationships, carefully and lovingly built to give us what we need to be happy.<\/p>\n<p>Along the way, I started noticing something. No matter how carefully we lay the down the designs of our lives, surprising things can and do happen. A big difference between a building and a relationship is that we don&#8217;t always know when we go into a relationship what form it will ultimately take.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, sometimes trying to script the form of a relationship too closely can lead to trouble. If we prioritize the form that a relationship takes above actually having living, breathing relationships with real human beings, we can create situations where we (and those around us) feel constrained.<\/p>\n<p>A better metaphor for our hearts is not a blueprint, but a garden. Like a blueprint, a garden requires careful planning. We must be willing to do the preparation and the groundwork if we want good results. Like buildings, good gardens don&#8217;t happen by accident.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike buildings, when we plant a garden, we are never quite sure how it will grow. We lay the groundwork, but we don&#8217;t always know how the plants will sprout or how fast they will grow. A good gardener must be flexible; there will always be surprises even in the most carefully planned garden.<\/p>\n<p>And so, treating our hearts like gardens, carefully tending them but allowing for things to grow in ways that surprise us, seems a much better match for relationships than making blueprints of our hearts and trying to plan for every window and shingle.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think?<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\nLike what you&#8217;re reading on the\u00a0<\/em>More Than Two\u00a0<em>book blog? Support the crowdfunding campaign for our book at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/igg.me\/at\/morethantwo\">http:\/\/igg.me\/at\/morethantwo<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are two logos we&#8217;ve considered for the book cover for More Than Two.<\/p>\n<p>When I first started thinking about writing a book about polyamory, I wanted a book cover that expressed the way I feel about relationships: the importance of deliberate, conscious choice; the value of careful planning. 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