The National Web Design logo is inspired by the English poet and Artist William Blake's masterpiece "The Ancient of Days" painted in 1794. The work show the great creator in his glory reaching down to plan the universe with precision and order. It depicts God as an Architect and may be seen to celebrate a universe that embodies natural law and planned order.
The National Web Design Logo encapsulates this with the depiction of a national Muse reaching down in and echoing the original creative act. In Greek mythology, the Muses (Greek Μοῦσαι, Mousai: from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- "think") is a goddesses or spiritual guide who embody the arts and inspire the creation process. Dating back to Hesiod's Theogony (seventh century BC) and before, they are used in modern English to refer to an inspiration, as when one cites his/her own artistic muse, but also in the words "amuse" or "musing upon", which are rooted in their name. In the culture of classical India they are apsara.
Blake, William (b. Nov. 28, 1757, London--d. Aug. 12, 1827, London) Poet, artist , engraver; one of the earliest and greatest figures of Romanticism. The most famous of Blake's lyrical poems is Auguries of Innocence, with its memorable opening stanza:
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.
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