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:[[Letter written on 26 Jun 1969]], to [[Sw Chaitanya Veetaraga]] | :[[Letter written on 26 Jun 1969]], to [[Sw Chaitanya Veetaraga]] | ||
Other letterheads in this class have also been used only sparingly, and in the same | Other letterheads in this class have also been used only sparingly, and in the same four-month period in 1969: | ||
:[[Novelty-2 Letterhead]] | :[[Novelty-2 Letterhead]] (one letter in Oct) | ||
:[[Novelty-3 Letterhead]] | :[[Novelty-3 Letterhead]] (one letter in Oct) | ||
:[[Novelty-4 Letterhead]] | :[[Novelty-4 Letterhead]] (one letter earlier in Jun) | ||
[[category:Letterhead series]] | [[category:Letterhead series]] |
Revision as of 20:07, 23 April 2020
There are four known letterheads in the class of letterheads we are calling Novelty (links below), not counting the notorious Rorschach-1 Letterhead. What they have in common consists of a lack of verbal information of any kind. They are all design. The design of this one has two aspects of interest which set it apart from the others:
1. Its abstractness, ie its lack of compelling associations with common forms, makes it a little more difficult to describe simply. Possible resonances can be cited, such as a vague resemblance to a ship's (steering) wheel. Or for the mathematically inclined, it could also be described as somewhat fractal-like in the way some parts appear to self-replicate. But these are just evocations rather than clear or even useful descriptions.
2. Unlike the others, its design is connected to that of one of the verbal letterheads, JJKNapier-2 Letterhead, which has the usual sort of text appropriate to a letterhead (name, occupation/vocation, organization and address). It was the first of Osho's letterheads to incorporate any images, and that same image has been re-used here, some 4 1/2 years later.
Only two letters are known to have been written on this letterhead. They are:
- Letter written on 25 Jun 1969, to Sw Anand Maitreya,
- Letter written on 26 Jun 1969, to Sw Chaitanya Veetaraga
Other letterheads in this class have also been used only sparingly, and in the same four-month period in 1969:
- Novelty-2 Letterhead (one letter in Oct)
- Novelty-3 Letterhead (one letter in Oct)
- Novelty-4 Letterhead (one letter earlier in Jun)