Friday, April 11, 2008

give aways to the datalist

Clues:
1) Mr. O and Mr. X: O and X are the symbols used to play that game of futility, tic tac toe (also symbols for hugs and kisses). O means inclusion, "oneness." X means pinpointing analysis, and by extension, exclusion, differentiation, classification. O is childlike, but often destructive in his need to "incorporate." X is viciously intelligent, with a natural aptitude for the occasional homicidal diversion.

2) The Ox-herding Pictures. This is a Zen "picture story" for the attainment of enlightenment. Ten pictures, in sequence, depicting a boy's search for, taming of, and forgetting of, the OX, representative of MIND. #8 depicts nothing but a circle; #9 depicts a nature scene ("return to the source"); #10 depicts Jizo, the bodhidharma that watches over the lost children, fat and generous.

3) The monkey thought it was all in fun.

4) The Monk, 'e thought it was "All in Fun."

5) The Monk, 'e thought it was "All En Fun."

6) "All En Fun" is an anagram for "Unfallen."

7) The key to translating the "Datalist" (Daedalus) is a poem written by the "Monk," with a reference (explicit or not) to the Daedalus/Icarus myth, a poem called "Unfallen."

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