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Again, here we can see the artistic and political goals of an intersocial mediator at work in this artistic curriculum of our ex-con Zen Master Miguel Pinero, truly motivated to use all resources and means necessary to help others become conscious of and walk away from the artificially constructed colonialist dreams that have been firmly constructed throughout official social discourse. Uncannily similarly, in the Buddhist tradition there is a well-known figure, Avalokiteshvara, the Boddhisatva of Compassion, that is also known to focus all efforts of helping sentient beings come out of their suffering and ignorance and reach enlightenment. This Boddhisatva is usually depicted with multiple hands holding various items such as seashells, flowers, bells or whatever tool may be neccessary to help each being in their particular lived experience come out of ignorance at that moment, thus representing the common Buddhist notion of Skillful Means. A skillful teacher must be able to creatively reach the student in a way that will most efficiently help that student attain a particular understanding in precisely that moment. My question is, how is the work of Pinero and Pietri substantially different from the labor of this particular Bodhisattva of compassion? Both Pinero and Pietri tirelessly strive to activate this deconstruction - whether via sudden or gradual enlightenment in buddhist terms - of the mental, social, and cultural borders that prohibit members of various social classes from seeing reality as it it. Pinero and Pietri arrive at the scene armed and ready to take o whatever literary or artistic act necessary that will break cultural and social boundaries to arrive at the always-the-same goal of helping others be able to see reality as it is.