Girard, Art & Detroit: Snapshots of the Big Picture

 From an early age, the late professor of art, William J. Girard, Jr. (aka Bill Girard) habitually scribbled his home-made "Egyptian" hieroglyphics into various paintings and sketches.  But what do they mean?  That's where I'm hoping you can help. Maybe you're the person who can decipher the hieroglyphics found in the "Hellraiser" sketch below.  Actually, there's some intended and unintended humor embedded in the characters Bill Girard developed. The character that resembles a shepherd's crook is a  S . The  shepherd's crook with a ball on the end, that's an O .  The character that reminds me of a tent with a small flap, that's a  G . The character that looks like a capital  N  with a runaway upstroke, that's an  N .  But then, so is the character that looks like waves.  The Roman numeral for five, that tipped over and fell to the left, that's a  C . For additional reference, please review the two posts that addressed this ge

  From an early age, the late professor of art, William J. Girard, Jr. (aka Bill Girard) habitually scribbled his home-made "Egyptian" hieroglyphics into various paintings and sketches.  But what do they mean?  That's where I'm hoping you can help. Maybe you're the person who can decipher the hieroglyphics found in the sketch below.  Actually, there's like some intended and unintended humor embedded in the characters Bill Girard developed. The character that resembles a shepherd's crook is a S . The character that reminds me of a tent with a small flap, that's a G . The character that looks like a capital N with a runaway upstroke, that's an N . But then, so is the character that looks like waves. The Roman numeral for five, that tipped over and fell to the left, that's a C . For additional reference, please review the two posts that addressed this general topic and include keys to the hieroglyphics:  Noted German Scientist Cracks Hieroglyphic

  So yeah, it's a little complicated. As a (very?) young man, artist William J. Girard, Junior (aka Bill) developed a penchant for encoding his thoughts in hieroglyphics. Maybe due to the influence of the then famous novel, The Egyptian . At least in part.  Anyway, at one point, Girard's patron. Allen Abramson, requested a key to his hieroglyphics and the young artist obliged. See the key below. But the reason your help is needed is because his cipher kept evolving. The key didn't. Now, with the help of a world-renowned German chemist, Dr. Robert Fuchs, major progress was made in deciphering a complex text by the artist. So that's your Rosetta Stone . But even when you know the language, small changes in handwriting style can encrypt what might otherwise be obvious. Throw in a few new characters as yet unidentified.  Plus some symbols that represent certain sounds, like the CH in cheese . Or the TH in the . Or SH as in shoot . Oh yeah, Girard tended to approach spellin