Comments on: More on sea urchin vision http://www.vianegativa.us/2010/03/more-on-sea-urchin-vision/ How can we live without the unknown before us? —Rene Char Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:48:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2010/03/more-on-sea-urchin-vision/#comment-13541 Dave Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:41:59 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=7085#comment-13541 Lorianne, that's exactly what I was thinking when I wrote my poem! I ultimately decided against including that image, because I wasn't sure enough readers would be familiar with Guanyin iconography, but I sure wanted to work that in. Lorianne, that’s exactly what I was thinking when I wrote my poem! I ultimately decided against including that image, because I wasn’t sure enough readers would be familiar with Guanyin iconography, but I sure wanted to work that in.

]]> By: Lorianne http://www.vianegativa.us/2010/03/more-on-sea-urchin-vision/#comment-13540 Lorianne Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:22:50 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=7085#comment-13540 I've always loved those freakish images of Kwan Seum Bosal (Quan Yin) with eleven heads and a thousand hands and eyes, each hand containing an eye. What better way to illustrate the concept of "lending a hand" the precise moment you see someone in need? Maybe sea urchins have a stronger bodhisattva nature than humans do in this regard. I’ve always loved those freakish images of Kwan Seum Bosal (Quan Yin) with eleven heads and a thousand hands and eyes, each hand containing an eye. What better way to illustrate the concept of “lending a hand” the precise moment you see someone in need?

Maybe sea urchins have a stronger bodhisattva nature than humans do in this regard.

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