(1.5m or so in height... and quite heavy considering it's polystyrene!)
I carried the heart (like this bear) from the river to London Bridge station and took it on the train home to Hither Green.
It's amazing how simply seeing a love heart shape can trigger such a loving response from complete strangers.
I feel my experience today was quite relevant to my elective... A heart is a symbol or expression of love, so generates a positive reaction. I would have been given the same sort of attention had I been carrying a smiley face or thumbs up etc, where as a big red 'X' or a skull and cross bones conjures a completely different reactions- they carry more negative set of connotations... I am slowly reading through a book on semiotics for beginners, so I will try and analyse this further...
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