Are you saying we're the bad guys?I think it’s the crows that appear at certain instances in the Stand, like outside the window of the motel the judge spends the night in on his way to Las Vegas
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Are you saying we're the bad guys?I think it’s the crows that appear at certain instances in the Stand, like outside the window of the motel the judge spends the night in on his way to Las Vegas
I don’t know, he’s just an astectically pleasing little guy.Are you saying we're the bad guys?
Actually it has more to do with Jake the crow that Brooks took in and nursed back to health from Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption.Why is a crow associated with the SKMB? Are we considered scavengers and symbols of bad luck?
It is usually believed that the crow is a symbol of bad luck and death, but it is not always the case. As we have already said, a crow may be a symbol of life magic and mysteries. It also symbolizes intelligence, flexibility and destiny.Are you saying we're the bad guys?
Thanks, I didn't know that. Curious, though, why that that image was selected to symbolize the SKMB.Actually it has more to do with Jake the crow that Brooks took in and nursed back to health from Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption.
So Ka represents crow talk?It is usually believed that the crow is a symbol of bad luck and death, but it is not always the case. As we have already said, a crow may be a symbol of life magic and mysteries. It also symbolizes intelligence, flexibility and destiny.
In that text of positive thoughts-- the SKMB represents the magic and mysteries that SK gives to his constant readers. Those of the SKMB membership symbolize intelligence, flexibility and destiny (ka)*
*Ka. Ka is a plot element in Stephen King's Dark Tower series. It is a word of the fictional language High Speech. In the books, it is a mysterious force that leads all living (and unliving) creatures. It is the will of Gan, the approximate equivalent of destiny or fate, in King's fictional language of High Speech.
Crows show up in a lot of Steve's works and it was an easy image to use in combination with the SKMB logo. It was named Jake because of the Shawshank connection.Thanks, I didn't know that. Curious, though, why that that image was selected to symbolize the SKMB.
We're intelligent and we like shiny thingsWhy is a crow associated with the SKMB? Are we considered scavengers and symbols of bad luck?
Make sense. When thinking of crows one often goes to the writings of King. Thankfully rats in the corn wasn't chosen. :Crows show up in a lot of Steve's works and it was an easy image to use in combination with the SKMB logo. It was named Jake because of the Shawshank connection.
No, that's caw.So Ka represents crow talk?
Ka-Destiny/fate in the High SpeechSo Ka represents crow talk?
It was a play on like sounding words. I should have put the winky eye smiley after the comment.No, that's caw.
From Robin Furth's The Dark Tower concordance:
"Like many words in High Speech, ka has multiple meanings and so is difficult to define precisely. It signifies life force, consciousness, duty, and destiny. In the vulgate, or low speech, it also means a place to which an individual must go. The closest terms in our language are probably fate and destiny, although ka also implies karma, or the accumulated destiny (and accumulated debt) of many existences....."
I think we all got thatIt was a play on like sounding words. I should have put the winky eye smiley after the comment.
I got it.It was a play on like sounding words. I should have put the winky eye smiley after the comment.
Me too.I got it.
I think we all got that
I got it.
Oh, good. I thought I had pulled a clustermug.Me too.
Etymology[edit]Oh, good. I thought I had pulled a clustermug.
Is it true the word ‘pie-hole’ was coined by King?
...no we like bright shiny things & making loud noises!!.....ok, maybe that's just me.....Why is a crow associated with the SKMB? Are we considered scavengers and symbols of bad luck?