Thinking of the “Eye” of the [Gustav] Storm and “the evil eye” and “putting a hex on you” sayings, as well as my previous post below, Demystifying Hex Signs, the Colorful Soul of Pennsylvania Dutch Decor, was an interesting article by Mariella Savidge featured in the Washington Post. I like symbols and I have used many in my illustration work as well as my murals. I learned a lot from this article about the meaning of hex signs — typically used for good luck, particularly painted on the side of barns by the Pennsylvania Dutch. Some symbols date back to Norse and even pagan art and were sometimes used as…