All of these aspects of my design have meaning. The ambiguous triangle is meant to represent the push and pull between the sexes in the novel. The novel is neither purely masculine or purely feminine.It incoporates elements of each gender. The three sides of the triangle represent the three main characters who play out their lives in the Sirens of Titan. Winston Niles Rumford, Beatrice Rumford, and Malachi Constant/Unk all are interconnected and represent both a sort of love triangle and a triangle of influence. The surrounding bluebirds represent the child of Unk and Beatrice, Chronos. He is included in all three sides because Rumford orchestrates Unk’s life in order to have Chrono deliver something. I chose to represent him as a bluebird for two reasons. First he is adopted by a clan of Titanic Bluebirds on Titan and two because half of his life is spent flying through space from one planet to the next with his parents.

This is interesting because of the original intent of the Club/ Association to be a completely male entity. Why then would they pick an inherently female image. One possible reason is that they wished to matched the crutch of the Y and maintain a continuous stylistic feature. However, McNab say that when designing for a client that is required for the designer to take these things into account. All implications are the sole property of the designer.  Therefore is it safe to say that it is the designers’s fault? That they merely did not consider the implication of that particular traingle? Or you could conclude that there is a deeper meaning to the reversale of roles.

Howeve, if there is a separate reason….I can not fathom it.

In McNab’s chapter on 3, there is a discussion of the male and female aspects of a triangle. She identifies and upward pointing triangle: as male. A downward facing triangle is then classified as purely female based on its similarity in shape to the pelvis, which is the definition of vitality and womanhood to McNab.

For my design I want a way to indicate the connection between the three characters while representing gender and the respective position of the triangle. However, the male female combination is usually combined in a fashion similar to this:

Instead I wish to produce an angl that represent both type of triangle, while only present on triangle.

Multiplicity can also be applied as a quality in literature, when seen as the amount and type of background information is provided. In this respect, the Sirens of Titan is relatively unique. The entire novel is background information for the end point, which is announced by Rumford in the beginning. Therefore the entire novel is an example of multiplicty.

By combining these two ideas, I have created a design that embodies the way in which tropes, figures, and analogies function in a work of literature. It represents how they provide structure and reinforcement through established conventions. The hearts once again act as a symbol of the way in which tropes, figures and analogies give a work of literature life. And finally the whole thing serves a dual purpose of tying a single analogy from the book into this grander sheme.

In my use of the sqaure and 4 I want to incoporate similar properties. I want to use a shape that signifies trust and reliability as well as a kite shape that links to the shape of the harmoniums. By somehow linking the two I hope I will be able to best convey the use of the quality of visibility in kurt Vonnegut’s the Sirens of Titan.

My second reason for choosing four lies in the way in which tropes function in the Sirens of Titan. Each trope used is a sprining point for the plot. Everytime the conventions of religion or music, or popular culture occur the novel become more rich in meaning and influence. This prevalence of intertextuality acts as a bracing agent that fortifies the text like a brick or corner stone.

Combined these two reasons maynot be terrible substantial but when the design aspect underlies the quality itself it is hard to deny. The square is a concrete and assuredly visible icon. Unlike the circle or spiral it has little or no connect to the realm of imagination.

This concention of the pulse point not only is a remastered trope but also embodies visibility in the most basic way it was described by Calvion. In his book, Italo Calvino contrasts the visible with the imaginary. Now, in my opinion, there is nothing more concrete and visible, and unimaginative than a heart beat. It is the basis of life and has little if anything to do with dreamscapes or imagination. The human heartbeat is fully seated in the real world.

By placing these images in this order, I have attempted to make a statement about time, mood, and the progression of these elements in the novel. Usually you would see a spiral as expanding outward. Instead I see this spiral as spiralling inwards. Malachi Constant in the first block symbolizes the beginning of the novel where he is a playboy and still sane. Kazak in the second block represents the exstensive space travel taken on by the characters of the novel because he accompanies Rumford on every step of his journey. The flower in the third block represents the arrival on Titan which is long awaited and bitter sweet. And the water represents the culmination of the novel and Rumford and Kazak’s disappearance by the pool.

Within the novel exactitude is described by the intense mood created, and in this design is described by the colors it consists of. Also the dots, in my opinion, seem to describe the point in time that are present in the spiral of time. Each dot could represent a different time or number etc.