lotus feet

Steve Vai, Real Illusions: Reflections

I'll let him do the talking about this one:

http://www.vai.com/realillusions/index.html

Excerpt, in the man's own words:

Real Illusions: Reflections is the first part of a multilayered menagerie of vignettes based on the amplified mental exaggerations of a truth-seeking madman who sees the world... Oh, never mind.

Of course, track 7 is the centerpiece, & I didn't know what the title meant either, so go here:

http://www.vai.com/realillusions/07lotusfeet_sublime.html
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OK, excerpt, the words of Laurel Fishman:

The true meaning of the phrase "lotus feet" is transcendental, not readily grasped by intellect alone.

A student or follower in a tradition of higher truth, a disciple of a spiritual teacher, master, saint or guru, or the devotee of a particular deity or lord can express humility, surrender, devotion, deference, dedication and love by worshiping, contemplating or meditating upon the lotus feet of his chosen spiritual teacher, etc. In these ways, communion with the divine is established.

Yeah, that.

Steve Vai is a true artist--mayhaps a genius--& I am just a little happier & more thoughtful every day that I take the time to listen to his music.

Juniors:
Red Jacket was not simply talking about religion there, by the way.

We had a really cool theoretical day, applying thought to reading &, well, to thinking, also.

Quotation courtesy of Meshuggah's guitarist . . . you don't get that stuff anywhere else.

Anyway, think about your preconceptions whilst or after reading, listening, & viewing.

Sophomores:
NOUNS!!

Common & proper.

Concrete & abstract.

Collective.

People, places, & things.

Ideas.

(by the way, up there, "lotus" is the adj. & "feet" the n.)

FORWARD!!!

be cool