FAMILY SHIELD OR CREST

As an assignment for some grad class I had one time, we had to make a shield. I forgot what the purpose was--probably something to do with Auld English. I don't know. It might have had something to do with Johari Window, too. I've forgotten about that, too.

There was some order to the making of the shield; I remember that. The top represented something, so if I had to analyze the shield in the picture, I'd say it was from a schizophrenic family, a dual citizenship family, or from the family name of Janus. The god who sat about a doorway with one head looking to the future of who entered, the other head looking to the past to whom had walked through. (See, I remember some things from college.)

Colors were vital to the display of the shield. Again, I'd be surmising to guess that red represented battle. A schizo battle, a battle of two countries, or an internal battle about someone who couldn't get over the past; or possibly about a dreamer with no solid footing.

The most outstanding feature, the most prominent was the pride of the family. In this picture, religion seems to be the focus. I'd guess Catholic by the St. or Saint. Also perhaps an architect who created a religious monument. One, who like Frank Lloyd Wright thought that doctors could bury their mistakes, but an architect's mistake had to be hidden, maybe covered up by vines.

So there you have it. A somewhat scientific explantion of the shield and the family represented by it. I'm sure I was close. I wonder what happened to my shield?