Friday, May 3, 2002 ARLENE SHECHET, Elizabeth Harris, 529 West 20th Street, (212) 463-9666 (through May 24). Inspired by Buddhism, Ms. Shechet embodies metaphors of flux, growth and enlightenment in a variety of forms and materials. There are big, funky rubber flowers in neon colors; casts of turbulent water in blue rubber; small bronze sculptures suggestive of Indian deities; and a set of elegant, stupa-shaped ceramic vessels (Johnson). Galleries: SoHo Close