Merlin Orr Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 Just read a post from our host on the Ipod thread - and got to thinking - did anyone ever figure out what the hell the avatar is?? "I just gotsta know" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 Look at it closely, Merlin, it is a tire.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outerlimits Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 Just read a post from our host on the Ipod thread - and got to thinking - did anyone ever figure out what the hell the avatar is??"I just gotsta know" <{POST_SNAPBACK}> it's a bullet hole in an ipod screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessej Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 heheh it's on here somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singlestack Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 It is a circle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn jones Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 (edited) Ka.. is the wheel Edited August 24, 2005 by lynn jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRe Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 Ka.. is the wheel <{POST_SNAPBACK}> A Stephen King fan.... It's an anagram on Brian's name........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn jones Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 (edited) Ka.. is the wheel <{POST_SNAPBACK}> A Stephen King fan.... It's an anagram on Brian's name........ <{POST_SNAPBACK}> yes, i'm sure there is. oops... say true! Edited August 24, 2005 by lynn jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted August 24, 2005 Author Share Posted August 24, 2005 Aahhhaaaaaa.... Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn jones Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 Aahhhaaaaaa....Thanks. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> we're just guessing merlin. i don't think he has told. lynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted August 24, 2005 Author Share Posted August 24, 2005 Back to square one.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 Repeat .... it is a tire... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singlestack Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 Circle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerT Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 A prototype the next version of a USPSA overlay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AikiDale Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 It's a ZEN thing. An Enso, which is an anagram of Enos, which is the eighth of Kakuan's 10 Bulls, a circle. Down right clever Brian! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeFoley Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 I read it, and I still don't understand what Aikidale just said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loves2Shoot Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 ENSO Zen Mystery At first glance the Enso -- an ancient Zen symbol of mystery -- may appear to be nothing more than a circle. Yet when painted by a skilled artist, it becomes much more than that, representing the oneness of life, the beginning and ends of all things, the connectedness of existence, or perhaps the moon. "Circle of Infinity, Circle of Simplicity, Circle of Beginnings, Circle of Endings. Emptiness with Fullness, All things visible, All things unseen. To End and To Begin---the Circle of Life." A circle -- known as "enso" in Japanese -- universally implies completeness, all. A zen circle can also imply zero, sunyata, absolute, true reality, enlightenment, no beginning/no end in all phenomena, no symbol, the spread of Dharma as a turning wheel, harmony, and womb. The Zen symbol "supreme" is an enso, a circle of enlightenment. The Shinjinmei, written in the sixth century, refers to the Great Way of Zen as "A circle like vast space, lacking nothing, and nothing in excess," and this statement is often used as an inscription on enso paintings. The earliest reference to a written enso, the first Zen painting, occurs in the Keitokudento-roku, composed in the eighth century: A monk asked Master Isan for a gatha expressing enlightenment. Isan refused saying, "It is right in front of your face, why should I express it in brush and ink?" The monk then asked Kyozan, another master, for something concrete. Kyozan drew a circle on a piece of paper, and said, "Thinking about this is and then understanding it is second best; not thinking about it and understanding it is third best." (He did not say what is first best.) Thereafter Zen circles became a central theme of Zen art. Enso range in shape from perfectly symmetrical to completely lopsided and in brushstroke (sometimes two brushstrokes) from thin and delicate to thick and massive. Most paintings have an accompanying inscription that gives the viewer a "hint" regarding the ultimate meaning of a particular Zen circle. The primary types of enso are: (1) Mirror enso: a simple circle, free of an accompanying inscription, leaving everything to the insight of the viewer. (2) Universe enso: a circle that represents the cosmos (modern physics also postulates curved space). (3) Moon enso: the full moon, clear and bright, silently illuminating all beings without discrimination, symbolizes Buddhist enlightenment. (4) Zero enso: in addition to being curved, time and space are "empty," yet they give birth to the fullness of existence. (5) Wheel enso: everything is subject to change, all life revolves in circles. (6)Sweet cake enso: Zen circles are profound but they are not abstract, and when enlightenment and the acts of daily life-"sipping tea and eating rice cakes"-are one, there is true Buddhism. (7) "What is this?" enso: the most frequently used inscription on Zen circle paintings, this is a pithy way of saying, "Don't let others fill your head with theories about Zen; discover the meaning for yourself!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimel Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Geee...and here I was thinking it was a RAT hole made by one of the Mars rovers...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singlestack Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Told ya so. na na na naaaa naaaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 ENSOZen Mystery At first glance the Enso -- an ancient Zen symbol of mystery -- may appear to be nothing more than a circle. Yet when painted by a skilled artist, it becomes much more than that,... That's the most important factor!! If Singlestack or I paint it, it's a circle... Only Brian or Rika can actually paint an Enso... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 SS How about a compromise, it is a tire off a Jap car (that way you can have the Zen thing)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingerjg Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 I think the mystery has been solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikarin Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 I thought happiest ending to this mystery was "X-rayed image of a condom in his carry-on" ..have to find "fude" (Japanese calligraphy brush) ... I have it somewhere... That's the most important factor!! If Singlestack or I paint it, it's a circle... Only Brian or Rika can actually paint an Enso... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 When the question first came up a while back, I made a little replica. Seemed pretty fitting for BE... I sight-blacked the muzzle of a 40 barrel and used that to make an impression on a white T-shirt. (There are 3 or 4 things in that sentence that could easily be associated with BE.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Neill Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Whatever the avatar actually is, it makes me think of the air rings we did while scuba diving. Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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