The Bears Continued They represent a certain section of counterculture, one that loves marijuana and psychedelics. On the Bear’s Choice album, there are five different Grateful Dead bears. They’re in the colors red, orange, yellow, green and blue. 

What does the Grateful Dead lightning bolt mean?

enlightenment, transformation

Perhaps the number of points didn’t matter at all and the lightning bolt signifies enlightenment, transformation, and the raw powers of nature. Like much of the Dead’s music, maybe the message is more about discovering what you personally take away from it.

What do dancing bears have to do with Grateful Dead?

One (Bear’s Pick). The Bear in question was Owsley “Bear” Stanley, the architect of the Dead’s distinctive sound and a pioneer in the production and distribution of early LSD. The dancing bear icon first showed up as stickers slapped on Bear’s amplifiers and other sound equipment.
 

What does the dancing bear represent?

It is one of the oldest Ute ceremonies. The bear symbolizes leadership, strength, and wisdom. A group of men have played musical rasps for the dance.

Does the Grateful Dead bear have a name?

The group’s longtime sound engineer (and noted LSD chemist) Owsley “Bear” Stanley needed an easily identifiable symbol for the band’s gear when it was jammed in with other boxes and cases in backstage areas, according to the beloved companion-slash-chemist.
 

What are the Grateful Dead symbols?

By association and increased performances of “He’s Gone”, the Grateful Dead’s skull and lightning bolt logo took on the meaning of Steal Your Face” and the symbol became synonymous with the phrase.
 

How many Grateful Dead bears are there?

There are eight different Grateful Dead bears on the album cover, in colors red, orange, yellow, green, and blue, plus the often-overlooked brown, gray, and black bears. The bears have since been recreated in many different colors and patterns, both on official and non-official merchandise.
 

What is the story of the dancing bear?

It’s a short story about an orphan girl who finds a bear cub. She wants to take care of him but she has a really grumpy grandfather who only wants things to do with money. Eventually the village persuades him to take the bear cub in. The bear becomes very popular and after many years a film crew stops by.

Who created the Grateful Dead dancing bear?

artist Bob Thomas

When artist Bob Thomas designed the Dancing Bears for Grateful Dead soundman Owsley “Bear” Stanley, they were only to appear on the back cover of the band’s 1973 album The History of the Grateful Dead, Volume 1 (Bear’s Choice).

What’s the meaning of lightning bolt?

Something that shocks or energizes

(metaphoric) Something that shocks or energizes, especially something that does so suddenly.

What does a lightning bolt patch mean?

No single element of the patch is by accident. The arrowhead is an acknowledgement of the great skills of the American Indian, which Special Forces soldiers train to learn. The lightning bolts represent land, sea, and air—the three ways in which SF infiltrates an area.
 

What does 2 lightning bolt tattoos mean?

The tattoo features the double lightning bolt symbol associated with the Nazi SS corps (Schutzstaffel), a murderous paramilitary group that pledged an oath of loyalty to Adolf Hitler and was instrumental in the execution of the Holocaust.
 

What does a blue lightning bolt mean?

The photos below are classic examples of ‘Bolts from the Blue”. A “Bolt from the Blue” is a cloud to ground lightning flash which typically comes out of the back side of the thunderstorm cloud, travels a relatively large distance in clear air away from the storm cloud, and then angles down and strikes the ground.