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==AVATARA== | |||
This is bound for the actual [[Oni2:AVATARA|AVATARA]] page... | |||
*[http://www.ennishouse.org/htmls/photo_page.htm Original design] borrowed from the "textile block tiling" of [http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Ennis_House.html Ennis House] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lloyd_Wright Frank Lloyd Wright]. | |||
*Main graphics generated by [[User:Guido|Guido]] while discussing the [[Oni2:AVATARA|AVATARA]] entity. The entity is twofold : | |||
#AVATARA is the alias of a character suggested for an epilogue to Oni | #AVATARA is the alias of a character suggested for an epilogue to Oni | ||
#AVATARA is the name of a VIP network that individual used to have access to | #AVATARA is the name of a VIP network that individual used to have access to | ||
*Text and katakana added by [[User:geyser|me]]. | |||
*AVATARA may have been the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEO CEO] of [[BGI]] until the [[Cataclysm]], and thus can be considered as a forerunner of [[Oni2:META|META]] (hence the ME and TA katakana above) | |||
; | ;From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar Wikipedia] | ||
:The Sanskrit word '''avat�?ra-''' literally means "descent" and usually implies a deliberate descent into lower realms of existence for special purposes. | :The Sanskrit word '''avat�?ra-''' literally means "descent" and usually implies a deliberate descent into lower realms of existence for special purposes. | ||
;Sur le fil du rasoir | ;Sur le fil du rasoir | ||
:means "on the razor's edge" in French. Taken at brainstorm-time from [ | :means "on the razor's edge" in French. Taken at brainstorm-time from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar HERE] : "The search for knowledge is never easy. As the Upanishads say, it is like walking on the razor's edge." Also echoes [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner Blade Runner] a bit. | ||