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==AVATARA== | |||
This is bound for the actual [[Oni2:AVATARA|AVATARA]] page... | |||
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120321150010/http://www.ennishouse.org/htmls/photo_page.htm Original design] borrowed from the "textile block tiling" of [http://web.archive.org/web/20190809072052/http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Ennis_House.html Ennis House] by [[wp: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 [[wikt:CEO|CEO]] of [[BGI]] until the [[12/3|Cataclysm]], and thus can be considered as a forerunner of [[Oni2:META|META]] (hence the ME and TA katakana above) | ||
:The Sanskrit word ''' | ;From [[wp:Avatar|Wikipedia]] | ||
:The Sanskrit word '''avatāra-''' 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 [[wp:Avatar|HERE]] : "The search for knowledge is never easy. As the Upanishads say, it is like walking on the razor's edge." Also echoes [[wp:Blade_Runner|Blade Runner]] a bit. | ||
[[Category:Oni 2 concept art]] |
Latest revision as of 01:27, 27 March 2020
AVATARA
This is bound for the actual AVATARA page...
- Original design borrowed from the "textile block tiling" of Ennis House by Frank Lloyd Wright.
- Main graphics generated by Guido while discussing the AVATARA entity. The entity is twofold :
- 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
- Text and katakana added by me.
- AVATARA may have been the CEO of BGI until the Cataclysm, and thus can be considered as a forerunner of META (hence the ME and TA katakana above)
- From Wikipedia
- The Sanskrit word avatāra- literally means "descent" and usually implies a deliberate descent into lower realms of existence for special purposes.
- Sur le fil du rasoir
- means "on the razor's edge" in French. Taken at brainstorm-time from HERE : "The search for knowledge is never easy. As the Upanishads say, it is like walking on the razor's edge." Also echoes Blade Runner a bit.
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