jvnk08
Senior Member.
I've got to say, this whole discussion is exceedingly revealing. Y'all are teetering on the border of denying there's such a thing as conscious design just to prevent an association of friggin' owls to the capitol building (seriously, who cares...?), and yet I'm supposedly the one in denial.
I take special interest because I live in DC, and I see more obvious mythological imagery in architectural design elsewhere.
I won't deny it arguably looks like the caricature of an owl, among other things. However, is there any basis for the inclusion of an owl in the design? Does the orientation have any special meaning?
I mention the traffic circles look more like eyes because they have circles within them as eyes do, as opposed to the wide sweeps of grass that fill the others. But I digress seeing as at best it is the caricature of an owl.