John said: dave, sitting on a hot stove is not an experience that calls for reflection.
dmb says: Yea, i know. That's what makes the joke work. You're supposed to imagine how absurd it would be to engage in reflection while your ass is on fire. The joke sort of summarizes the paragraph above it too. What's the name of this thread? > On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 7:30 PM, david buchanan <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Quality is the primary empirical reality of the world. > > > > > > dmb says: > > > > In that phrase, "Quality" refers to Dynamic Quality. The "primary empirical > > reality" is the cutting edge of experience, that pre-intellectual awareness > > that Northrop calls the "undifferentiated aesthetic continuum" and James > > calls "pure experience" or the "immediate flux of life". > > Reality as we talk about it and conceptualize it is that evolved pile of > > analogies upon analogies that were created in response to this primary > > empirical reality. Reality as we know it verbally and intellectually, is > > static quality but the immediate aesthetic awareness is dynamic. > > > > Hmmm. I think I should probably end it there for now. I seem to be sitting > > on a hot stove and so I should probably spend some time reflecting on my > > situation. > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with > > Hotmail. > > > > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5 > > 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/md/archives.html > > > 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/md/archives.html _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_3 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/md/archives.html
