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The "main" color. Orange: On a flag, represents courage and sacrifice an ode to the many Utahns that found this place to be their home. (Bonus: seeing orange in a dream represents good marriage) Overall design look: I incorporated blue snow peaked mountains against the orange sky and a red desert which sprouts into a tree that arches in support with feathers and beads of our beehive, as a means of representing and advertising the beauty of our home state within the flag. The Mountains I took inspiration from the quarter design to represent the railroad and valleys but The Mountains in themselves are very symbolic of rising over obstacles. Also, I felt the need to include them to express in the flag that we are more than just a desert! Plus, we Utahn's love our mountains; a flag featuring them would be highly marketable and sell really well especially on camp/hike gear. The desert in combination with the mountain allowed me to include the patriotic colors Red, White, and Blue without making the flag look like any other flag design. I really focused on making this unique in comparison to all other state flags. The arching Tree: The tree has 29 juniper berries to represent each county and the tree itself is a Utah Juniper tree. I chose Utah juniper for its characteristics and the symbolism of a tree in itself representative of family, which we Utahns care about deeply. The juniper is tree which produces fruit that feeds the animals (Agriculture) and can be used for medicine (doctors should appreciate), a tree with many forked branches and deep roots that allow it to thrive in harsh times (again family values) also I figured even though it's not our state tree it could be our flag tree! Representing goals: I wanted to keep some of our current flags symbolism present to not only avoid erasure of certain admirable qualities in a rushed desire for simplicity, but to also ease the transition for the elderly and keep some of the preexisting pride created by our current flag design. Old meets the new: So, in this design Hanging from the tree by Indian beads and two fathers, a well-received and accepted symbol for native Americans everywhere, is the Beehive, a staple piece of our flag which represents industry and more importantly the hard-working Utahns we are today. The feathers and beads are replacement for the eagle, arrows, and spears which I always appreciated more for native American representation and symbolism. The beehive is a full hive design to represent more of a completeness. The Decoration of the sego lily, symbolizing peace, is still present, yet it adorns the hive now mostly between the feather beads and hive itself to express the peace within our state. Why keep these things? In all of my designs I have kept the feathers and hive to some extent because it would be immoral not to try and represent all peoples of Utah and these two symbols do it the most. The feathers represent (the 5 tribes of) Utah in unity and peace (Sego lily) with the hive (Utahns non-native American) and the beaded thread represent commerce and trust. This design is my favorite although I could honestly take or leave the sun rays against the orange sky. Haha, I'd bee foolish to think my design is perfect. Bonus in the desert: I made the desert big enough so people could come together with pride and write in the sand (haha, little joke) Anyway this design features a bannered bottom for reference. (also decently customizable for the purposes of showing state pride and merchandising) Banner bottom: My dream would be that there were 3 official designs for the banner bottom flag, one blank, one with "Utah," and the one you will see now. The Tribes Banner Bottom symbolism and meaning: There are five symbols to represent the five tribes: Navajo, Shoshone, Paiute, Goshute and Ute, respectively. The symbols I chose were Horse, butterfly, Egal, Arrowhead, and Bear for what they mean. The horse symbolizes: Journey. The butterfly symbolizes: Everlasting life, it's Yellow and that symbolizes (hope and guidance) The Eagle symbolizes: Courage, Wisdom and strength. The Arrow head symbolizes: Vigilance/Alertness. Finally the Bear symbolizes: Leadership. (I would recommend getting some input from each tribe on the symbols just to double check they're not being presented poorly if you do adopt this design because I got this info off of google and I'm not sure if they're the best, but I have good faith in my choices) Confidence! I plan on making a PDF document establishing how I got, the process, here, the many variations and featuring some "Child-like" drawings to prove that it's simple enough a child could draw it from memory if needed as requested for requirement. The next two submissions will be the "UTAH Banner" (no sun reys) And "The Simple BeeHive" design if these are too complex still. I will note the differences. ~♠ (1/3) *~♠ symbol for the purpose helping to organize paperwork should these get mixed up for the convenience of those involved.* |
