Jan 5, 2011

Kali-Durga-Laszlo-Ilyes.jpg (JPEG Image, 848×438 pixels)

Co-Design (The Fast Company site on design I love), had this image on an article on multi-tasking. I have nothing against them using the images, however, I think the images are not meant to communicate multi-tasking abilities. Gods for believers can perform an infinite number of tasks simultaneously. In the case of Hindu Gods though, the images are meant to convey the notion of multiple facets of divinity. In fact every aspect of the image, even though anthropomorphized, is meant to convey that divinity is all-pervasive and has many facets.