Why Doesn't ❤️ Look Like a Heart?
16,000In which John falls down a rabbit hole trying to figure out why ❤️ does't look like the thing it is supposed to be, and what that means for love.
Sources:
The heart shape is covered in a section of Martin Kemp's book Christ to Coke: How Image Becomes Icon. I got the smiley face metaphor from that book, as well as a lot of historical background.
I learned about the Indus Valley Civilization hearts from here: https://www.artandobject.com/news/his...
and more art from this TED article: https://ideas.ted.com/how-did-the-hum...
This article explores Cyrene and its silphium: https://bigthink.com/health/why-heart...
And the wikipedia article on this topic is also good (if limited): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_s...
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