> > Hi Margaret, > I'm delighted you commented on my adding the category of artists to dmb's > supposition that philosophers and mystics might not be limited by > SOM. Then > in answer to Peter's query, I listed a few artists who I would > nominate as > being not SOM-limited. > > You observation that neither I nor anyone can possibly know how any one > else sees the world -- SOMwise or otherwise -- is quite right and well > taken. What I did was name those artists who, on fleeting occasions, > bridged the subject-object gap for me as I viewed, listened or read their > work. Also, as an amateur painter, I've experienced total > absorption in the > painting process where momentarily the awareness of self and other has > vanished. So I thought as a generalization that artists should be > included > as possible SOM transcenders. > > This is not to claim enlightenment of any kind but rather a recounting of > my own transient experiences of nondual awareness and, for me at least, > personal confirmation of Pirsig's ineffable DQ. For me these experiences > have always been associated with beauty, and why for me beauty is the > ultimate goodness. > > Thanks for the chance to elaborate on my views. > Platt >
AND thank you for elaborating! I've been absentee for a few days - working on a large scale painting project of my own. I'll talk about it more later. mm 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/
