02-09-2017, 01:16 PM
Quote:I know the root shape may evoke a piece of a puzzle to us, but I had looked into this some time ago and was under the impression that jigsaw puzzles were only invented much later, in the 18th C, so it can't be meant to reference that.
Yes surely, that's why I call this analogy "stupid" above, but actually it's difficult to get rid of it, haha.
About the 3D object. Yes, I agree, that's another opportunity. Either the root represents a sign (a letter, a symbol...) or it represents a 3D object. Given it's deliberate shape, what could that be? If a man-made object, it could be either wood-cut or metal-casting. That circle in the centre suggests a hole for some axis to go through, so the whole element would be rotating. Wrench or capstan? Too asymmetric for that. If not rotating, then I thought of an anchor, but I checked, and anchors of the past do not look like that.
About the flowers, although not a botanist, I have an impression that it belongs to Asteraceae. If we could find something like dandelion or burdock (those schematic and colourless flowers remind me of those), but with leaves like ash, that possibly could bring us forward.