>> [DJH to DMB] >> You and I are being MYSTICALLY degenerate right now discussing this >> intellectual thing called the MOQ but of course this degeneracy in the >> mystic sense is INTELLECTUALLY good. >> >> [Arlo] >> Question, do you think, say, either painting and/or motorcycle repair is >> also a "degenerate" activity? >> >> Why or why not? > > [djh previously to Arlo] > > Arlo, much respect. > > > > Both of those activities are mystically degenerate to the extent that they're > intellectual. The more intellectual they are - the more mystically > degenerate. > > Generally speaking (with obvious exceptions) painting is less intellectual an > activity than motorcycle repair and so motorcycle repair is more mystically > degenerate. > > But, as I've been explaining to dmb, rather than focus on 'what is > degenerate?' - a better thing to ask is 'what is good?'. Both good > motorcycle repair and good painting as with all good human endeavours - > involve a great awareness of DQ - and thus in this sense are mystic > activities.
[djh corrects himself] Actually, they're mystically degenerate to the extent that they're static. Not just 'intellectual'. The Code of Art isn't Intellectual vs DQ but DQ vs all levels.. "He supposed you could call it a 'Code of Art' or something like that, but art is usually thought of as such a frill that that title undercuts its importance. The morality of the brujo in Zuni - that was Dynamic morality." 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
