Nick,

I know you are a mystic but you have yet to acknowledge same, so it is not Zen 
that motivates you.

My best guess with be a perceived metaphor/analogy between yourself and the 
kata of gardening to Pirsig and the kata of motorcycle maintenance. 

davew


On Wed, Aug 18, 2021, at 8:46 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> David,
>  
> I will gladly answer your question.  But I beg your forbearance to ask you a 
> question first?  What do you take my motivations to be?  I promise this isn’t 
> a trap or any kind, even rhetorical. 
>  
> Nick
>  
> Nick Thompson
> [email protected]
> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
>  
> *From:* Friam <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Prof David West
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 18, 2021 9:48 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] "ZAMM"
> 
>  
> dave west will be happy to do so, but would like to understand your 
> motivation.
>  
> davew
>  
>  
> On Wed, Aug 18, 2021, at 7:45 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>> Colleagues,
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> I wonder if Pirsig’s *Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance *was a thing 
>> for any of you, and if you would be interested in pursuing a thread about it 
>> and, if so, if you would be willing to get it down off your shelf and flip 
>> through it, looking for the parts you loved and the parts you hated. 
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> N
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Nick Thompson
>> 
>> [email protected]
>> 
>> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
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