Green Lozenge Lamp?

[Samantha_]

Stephen King, in the introduction to Night Shift, says a horror writer is almost always at the terminal joining the rational world and the symbolic unconsciousness ... .

I thought about symbols in writing and the one that came to mind is the lamp with the green lozenge-shaped shade in 1408. I've always found places with those lamps are off by a few eerie degrees.

The lamp gives off a weird radiance saying look at me. I'm an icon of ... oh; you don't know? Well, then, you'll just have to figure it out won't you.

It can't even do an adequate job of giving off light. So, why the attitude? I think the lamp uses a glamour of authority to mask its dark intent.

I wondered what symbols, in real life or novels, strike a chord with everyone else.

What's your version of the green lozenge lamp?

[hipmamajen]

I don't know what a lozenge lamp is. Can you point me in the direction of one? Sorry, this stuff just isn't my strong suit...

[jcadams]

found some pics of lozenge lamps on the net, but none of them matched each other, or the way I had pictured them in my head. When I hear the word lozenge, I think cough drop.