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| Bodhi offers cards to listeners photo by J.Y.Welty |
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| Bodhi in profile photo by J.Y.Welty |
This is our mascot Bodhi, which means "Buddha-nature". Bodhi is the final goal of a Bodhisattva's career. Plus the name has a natural ring for a card-carrying blues master. "Blues is the healer," says John Lee Hooker, who ought to know, and healing is the bodhisattva's work.
~ other resonances ~~~
Bo D . . . echoes of bluesman Bo Diddley
Bodey . . . ominous
Bodey . . . the waiting kind who bides the time
Notice that Bodhi has big hands for serving cards and for reaching out to people and has big feet for good under-standing, and also for stomping the beat to music, especially while we have no drummer.
Bodhi has no head ~ no ego ~ it was lopped off by Kali during a moment of the goddess's wrath. Let that be a warning to any who would burn sugar: confronting Kali at the charnel grounds ends one way ~ her way ~ as she threads a new skull on her already long garland of past conquests.
Whew! I guess you could say I have some strong feelings about burnt sugar.
I got the little squirt last year as a birthday gift. After roughing out the background of our logo with orange and yellow fire, I looked around and saw these bright orange acrylic gloves and boots sitting on my table and figured they would coordinate perfectly with the orange/yellow firey logo on the next version of our wallet cards. Now it can nestle among chocolate chips and sit right next to our tip jar to offer a warm welcome and farewell to listeners.
Which reminds me: I'm seeking a tip jar. I'd like to use a cookie jar or a honey pot (reminiscent of the HUNNY pots that Winnie-the-Pooh used).
