Krimel: Dave, as the heir apparent, is quite faithfully restating Pirsig's views on the matter. Pirsig not only originates the confusion by calling Quality, DQ in Lila, he reinforces the confusion in one of his letters. He says similar kinds of things in Ant's videos. As Dave points out, Pirsig wants DQ to be equated with some kinds of "special" mystical ideas. I think he is doing us all a disservice in this respect.
Andre: Hi Krimel, not sure what part of Ant's videos you're talking about but my listening to Pirsig on Ant's videos and the Heart of the Matter tapes is that as examples of quality experiences he mentions getting out of bed in the morning, going for walk, buying a new record,etc, etc. Everyday things which suggest that quality is around us in all of our 'normal' lives, everyday of our our lives. Not what I would term 'special, mystical', events. Though that depends of course on your static patterns.They may be 'special' (like doing the dishes, or preparing a meal) but not necessarily mystical. I fail to see where you get a disservice from Pirsig. For what it is worth. Andre 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/
