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open studio: the shrine of enlightenment through diminishing resistance by kelly heaton

The Shrine of Enlightenment through Diminishing Resistance.  Kelly Heaton, November, 2015

Here's another vignette from The Electronic Sculpture Garden.  An important facet of the relationship between people and electronics is the profound realization that everything is energy.  Energy flows through our bodies, is transformed in an orderly fashion to produce work, and therefore we are alive.  Energy flows through a circuit, is transformed in an orderly fashion to produce work, and therefore the circuit is "live."  A better understanding of electronic design is a path to better understanding of our own beingness.  In this little sketch, energy flows through resistors that have been painted with the colors of an eastern Bodhisattva.  The controlled current and voltage drop across LEDs creates light,similar to the aura that emanates from an enlightened being.