 | Invisible Pink Unicorn: Should Atheism Have a Symbol? |
The Invisible Pink Unicorn: it’s not pink, it’s not invisible, and it looks more like a hummingbird to me. Is the invisibility, the lack of pinkness, and the impossibility of a pink invisible thing purposeful? The Invisible Pink Unicorn is both an icon meant to designate a lack of belief in any deity, and at the same time the symbol of a bogus, spoofy deity itself.
The whole thing resembles a Zen koan to me, but perhaps that is part of the intelligent design, too. If the design speaks to you, it seems Ta has opened up a shop selling the abstract design on a variety of shirts, stickers, cards and such. (It’s unfortunate that in the promotion of the visible design of an abstract invisible pink unicorn, Ta has chosen some apparel items likely made in all-too-real but also invisible sweatshop workers. Choose the American Apparel designs by looking for the Made in the USA logo.)
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For me, this logo looks like nothing. It doesn’t look like anything more than a couple of squiggly eyebrows, maybe, and not even that, much. Lousy logo.
Comment by Fruktata — 3/1/2007 @ 10:25 am
looks like a two-dimensional Frito Bandito with a four- dimensional mustache
Comment by Genghis Khan — 3/3/2007 @ 8:00 pm
i think it’s beautiful and smart!
Comment by Jenny — 4/27/2007 @ 4:59 pm
I think it is a way to unite atheists. One of the large draws to religion is the sense of community and that is something that atheists struggle with because there is not a common belief uniting people but a common lack of belief… Sometimes i wish I had a religion to have a community, but I just dont buy in to any of them. Still not sure about the IPU but it is a step in a uniting direction…
Comment by Carrie — 10/16/2007 @ 10:41 pm
The atomic symbol that American Atheists use is not a compelling one - it’s literally militant, related to the whole nuclear weapons thing. I prefer an invisible pink unicorn.
Comment by Juniper — 10/16/2007 @ 11:22 pm
what about the Flying Spagetti Monster?
Comment by hudson — 10/16/2007 @ 11:45 pm
I like the flying spaghetti monster, the IPU is alright, some people use the symbol for the empty set (the zero with the slash through it). I just wish there was more unity among atheists but it could be because I am in the midwest and there are very few atheists out here, in fact it is super hard to find someone who is not Christian, i know a few Jewish persons but i am the religious minority by far…
Comment by Carrie — 10/17/2007 @ 3:39 pm