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06/30/2005 Entry: "Maya and ----"

Dude. I can't believe I made an analogy with the anti-open source "fragmenting" argument to the formation of the Roman-Catholic church on Wednesday. Still, you gotta admit that it kind of fits.

That got me to thinking about the presentation in the earlier class. I believe Maya, the CGI industry standard, was mentioned. Now, I'm not sure about this, but I would suspect that the name comes from the Hindu/Buddhist vocabulary, meaning all that tangible stuff that distracts one from true enlightenment. That would be to say, the reality we see -- objects, desires, tables and chairs etc -- are but shadows that hide existence's true form.

'Twould be truly fitting, after all, seeing as Maya creates realistic 3D worlds that are really nothing but the shadows of ones and zeroes.