Hi Ant, Having spent many years sailing on Long Island Sound, I had a very visceral connection with descriptions of the 'boat', but generally, having once read 'The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge' by Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann, I was more interested in static patterns of value than the characters. I've always wondered how the tone of the book would be different if RMP had read it rather than the man who was recorded. Would his own voice have emphasized explanation, examples and characters in the book differently? Marsha
On Mar 17, 2013, at 7:09 PM, Ant McWatt <[email protected]> wrote: > > Marsha said to DMB March 16th 2013: > > > "In LILA, I didn't think the Captain, Rigel or Lila were very attractive > characters. The best aspect of the book, I thought, was the metaphysics." > > > Ant McWatt comments: > > Marsha, > > I thought the idol (the discarded doll of Lila's that Phaedrus gives a burial > to) at the end of LILA is quite a character though. (As we discovered on my > recent visit, the audio version of Pirsig's second book really brings out its > cynical, dark humour. It provides a nice summary of the story as well). > > Moreover, the Captain's boat (which represents the inorganic level of the > MOQ) is also, according to Pirsig at least, a certain aspect of his own > character (as Phaedrus, Rigel and Lila all are). However, with people > naturally tending to be human-centric rather than Quality-centric, they tend > to overlook good old Arete (not that I think the name of the boat is actually > given) when reading the book. > > Best wishes, > > Ant > > > > . > > 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
