[Gocamino] The new "Xacobean" symbol

[Pat Rush]

Rosina-yes, if you could collect these comments, it's a good plan.  But, I
fear, probably too late, if the designs have been made public and the
Archbishop says he likes them.  I hope that the other confraternities and
pilgrim associations worldwide join in a statement of protest.  Thanks,
Rosina, for taking this on.  Patricia
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Subject: [Gocamino] The new "Xacobean" symbol


> Dear Patricia, Glen, Paul et. al,
> For one, I couldn't agree with you more.
> At Mass today I showed the new symbol  to a few New York pilgrims and
their
> reaction went from howls of laughter to outrage.  To me, it looks weird
and
> silly and it reeks of insensitivity:
> What about bicycle and rider pilgrims?
> Why two male right feet and only one female foot, and a left one, at that.
> Why only the colors of the European flag?  What about the thousands and
> thousands of us who go to the Camino from other continents at a huge
additional
> expenditure of money and time to do it?
> What about pilgrims on crutches, wheelchairs, etc.?
>
> Maybe I'm too much of a New Yorker suffused with ADA and Title VII
> considerations....... but even discounting such regional considerations,
the purpose of
> painting the bottom of toes is totally incomprehensible to me.
> That  Msgr. Barrio, the Archbishop has stated his liking of the thing
might
> be explained by the fact that he is (very) computer-shy and may believe
the
> statements by the creators and approvers of the thing  that "visual
affective
> dependency" has become paramount in means of communication.  According to
the
> designer of the symbol, the figure represents "the basic elements of
visual
> communication while referring to the situational objective"   ??????
>
> I've been thinking of collecting comments from us and sending them to Sr.
> Fernando Blanco who was in charge of the project, to the Xunta and to the
> Archdiocese..  If the comments could be sent under the rubric of, let's
say, the
> "American Pilgrims on the Camino" in the USA   (KAT, where are you?) and
the Saint
> James Confraternity in the UK they may carry some weight.
>
> What do you all think?
>
> Rosina
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