Mysterious Motifs

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29803, 21 April 1962, Page 3

Mysterious Motifs

Sir,—l am perplexed by the appearance in many parts of our fair city of certain small red and black motifs depicting two figures, one kneeling and one standing. without any explanation as to their significance affixed to them. Do these strange emblems represent a somewhat misguided attempt by the City Council to decorate the city still further? Are they the symbol of some new political party? Or are they advertising another of these seemingly interminable de-

mands for money by some organisation? Although I will not decry their dubious artistic merit, I would like to be made aware of their significance so th« I am prepared to protect myself against a further onslaught on my income or my social or 'political allegiance.— Yours, etc., NOT ANOTHER ONE

April 17, 1962. [The motifs are advertising the collections to be made in Capping Week by University of Canterbury students on behalf of the Canterbury Sheltered Workshop Association. The kneeling figure in the design represents a mentally handicapped person in need of assistance from the workshop, while the standing figure represents a similar person who has received assistance. The motifs have been displayed without explanation to arouse the curiosity of those who saw them.]