I would call it a poem — in genre and species a love poem — the sign of a desire to be fruitful and multiply.
The cleverness of the pufferfish poem is that it apparently doubles as a love nest. Regards, Jon http://inquiryintoinquiry.com > On Dec 4, 2014, at 7:24 PM, "Sungchul Ji" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear John A, > > What kind of a sign would you call the beautiful sand pattern created by > the fish ? Or is it not a sign at all ? > > A sign without any referent ? > > Sung > __________________________________________________ > Sungchul Ji, Ph.D. > Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology > Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology > Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy > Rutgers University > Piscataway, N.J. 08855 > 732-445-4701 > > www.conformon.net > > > > > > >> See video — >> >> http://i.imgur.com/u5E0esD.gifv >> >> or >> >> https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=851829108170842 >> >> Jon >> >> -- >> >> academia: http://independent.academia.edu/JonAwbrey >> my word press blog: http://inquiryintoinquiry.com/ >> inquiry list: http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/ >> isw: http://intersci.ss.uci.edu/wiki/index.php/JLA >> oeiswiki: http://www.oeis.org/wiki/User:Jon_Awbrey >> facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/JonnyCache > > >
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