Merle, I took a look but find nothing of Zen there.
The work appears quite cerebral, geometric, and blunt or dull to me, and I sense no echoes from Buddha Nature, nor anything of the Wabi-Sabi aesthetic. Also, I garner no facets of the richness of biological Nature nor physical Nature exemplified or hinted-at. Not even the Jewel-Net of Indra comes to mind, as there are no reflecting elements anywhere in any nodes of the nets here. But I see "echoes" instead of large radar dishes; large radio telescope dishes; and, still-tethered research balloons being filled with helium. And possibly some trapeze artists' nets, billowing in the wind after the Big Top has blown down in a storm. Or Mars-descent parachutes for spacecraft. None of these things puts me in mind of No-Mind, nor Buddha Nature, and so they do not bring to mind "Zen" to me. Not at all. The scale and "incidental" public-exposure (indifferent display) of the works, I would say, is antithetical to the Wabi-Sabi definition. Will you tell us what you find of zen in them, which you mention? Please be very explicit with me, as I am trying to learn what other artists see, when/where I don't, or I don't yet. TNX. (my Lundberg Family Organic Brown Rice puffed rice-crackers are light and airy; they perfectly well TASTE of Zen though, to me). --Joe > Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > light and airy..very zen..merle > > > > >http://www.echelman.com/site/portfolio.html ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
