Recently I was in a popular home furnishings store, browsing with a friend, for nothing in particular, when I came across a display which made my ‘Feng Shui Eyes’ pop open in disbelief. Sitting perched prominently upon an interestingly appointed bed were two toss pillows which made me stop to take a second look.
Seriously! I could hardly believe what I was seeing, and more importantly, what I was feeling. Now, I am all for embracing a trend, and these kind of word graphics have been around for a while now, but this one makes me shake my head.
For whom would one want to leave this message? Particularly in a bedroom! Your partner? How would you feel if your partner left this message for you?
I felt assaulted by this cushion, and I was just walking by it in a showroom.
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Then yesterday I found another example of this typographic art online. www.ourfifthhouse.com blogger, Carmel, loved this graphic and felt that it represented her family’s sarcastic sense of humor perfectly, employing it when she went to decorate her foyer. I must admit that the feeling it gave me was not quite so offensive, perhaps because I also have a bit of a sardonic streak.
Ultimately though, I believe that the images and items in our homes have an effect on us and on those whom we allow to enter them. I think that with all of the fear based, negative messages we are bombarded with daily, adding them to our living spaces is just too much.
This, for me, for now, is a trend that I can do without.
