Initial Grid ideas
Maps of India and Bangladesh
These grids could work in order to communicate the idea of moustaches in Indian culture, and the association with wars. I could possibly use the the road structures as a grid in order to convey a sense of journey/movement.
Hair follicles
These grids would be interesting to use for the scientific aspect of moustaches, but I'm not sure how I could link them to my research so far.
Brahman and the Caste system
During my research, I found out that Hindu cultures in India disallow low caste people to grow moustaches, as they are a symbol for wealthy, high caste people; it would be a good way to convey the exclusivity of the moustache in India through using the imagery of the god Brahman as a grid, as he is recognised as the creator of the caste system in India.
Further symbolism
Further into my research, I thought it would be interesting if I used swan imagery, as in Hindu iconography the swan represents the high caste.
For Friday I am going to experiment with these grids and see if I can create some poster structures using them; I'm not sure how I will manipulate the shapes, but the goal will be to create a symbol.
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