Which, Margaret & Marsha, ... is the same intent I had when I quoted Ron's phrase. Don't you just love tidy endings ;-) Ian
On 7/24/08, Ron Kulp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Margaret: > don't get too excited - I just thought the expression itself struck me > as funny - and one that I thought Marsha in particular, but also Ron, > gav > AND Ian...et.al.might see the humor in as well. > > though it really didn't have much to do with the manhood or any of those > other > expressions Ron mentioned OR bathroom humor - > > but 'grasping for concrete meaning'... > > [grasping in general - it's like the very word itself is at the > root of all of the 7 deadly sins] > just seems like such a waste of time > when one can be painting or dancing or kissing a lover or > tending a garden or working on a > motorcycle and taking a drive or just breathing... > > this insistence on trying to 'rigourously' define...ugh - how > exhausting. > > 'concrete meaning' - now isn't this an oxymoron? > > What might be fun would be to see what we all come up > with from a zen koan - I'll dig out one of my zen books and post one up > shortly. Anyone game? > > Ron: > sure! I miss SA. Sorry about the confusion. What I meant about "grasping > for concrete meaning" is just what you stated, a knee-jerk SOM reaction > when trying to understand abstract terms. We immediately try to analyze > concepts > to gain a better understanding, but this only serves to objectify and > confuse. It was meant to convey the analyzing of abstract thought. which > produces paradoxes in meaning. > > thanks > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
