> > [Arlo] > > My point here was in citing Hall's belief that the human condition > > is one where the mass of people will always be like sheep. By the way, > > We are thousands and thousands of > > years advanced from our pre-historic roots, but has the human > > condition changed? Do a greater percent of the human population > > understand love, art, beauty, Arete, agape, honor, devotion than in > > the past? Do a greater percent of the modern population understand > > the mystical esotericism of the Void than a hundred years ago? A > > thousand? Ten thousand? The cynic in me says no. > > Paco: > > Let us not underestimate the people/"the masses". Many may not be able to > understand and articulate rationally the dynamics of mysticism of whatever > kind, but they have experience, personal and/or collective, of the > mystical world. An indicator, if not proof, is their/our ability to > experience beauty and create beauty throiugh art forms. The way of art > leads to worlds beyond reason. And there are other ways. I suspect Pirsig > had a mystical experience of Quality, and the two ways he has expressed > his experience are the art-novel forms of ZMM and Lila. However, these art > forms, as all art forms, fail to express the whole. Perhaps only to limn > it?
Yes, "the way of art" leads to new worlds, as Pirsig so vividly illustrates. Platt 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/
