"This directness and simplicity was in the way they spoke, too. They spoke the way they moved, without any ceremony. It seemed to always come from deep within them. They just said what they wanted to say. Then they stopped. It wasn't just the way they pronounced the words. It was their attitude - plain-spoken, he thought.. ."
On Jul 11, 2013, at 7:01 PM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi dmb, > > Since Jack Kerouac wasn't a hippie, nor did he even considered himself to be > a beatnik, I don't see the relevance of this RMP quote. Are you opposed to > this particular poem? The 'Scripture of the Golden Eternity' is supposed to > be one of Kerouac's best poems; it is not stale old tea... I thought you'd > appreciate reading some good writing. In Anthony McWatt's excellent PhD > dissertation, he writes: > > "... the substantial emphasis on Eastern mysticism also indicates why ZMM and > LILA were never written as analytic texts but, instead, follow the tradition > of North American literature that combines both philosophical and spiritual > discourses with accounts of physical and metaphorical journeys. Included > within this genre is the work by Thoreau, Twain, Henry James, Steinbeck, > Hemingway and Kerouac. It is towards the latter, as with the best literature, > that Pirsig aligns his writing as a form of literary koan whereby important > truths beyond analytical construction are elucidated – especially those > concerned with the logically indefinable but metaphorically intuitive Good." > > There's much more to Jack Kerouac than 'On The Road'. And I do believe that, > like RMP, each new generation finds value in his writing. > > > Marsha > > > >> On Jul 11, 2013, at 4:25 PM, david buchanan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> " ...the reason this movement has been so so hard to understand is that >> “understanding” itself, static intellect, was it’s enemy. The >> culture-bearing book of the period, On the Road, by Jack Kerouac, was a >> running lecture against intellect. ...Oriental religions such as Zen and >> Vedanta that promised release from the prison of intellect were taken up as >> gospel. ... Degeneracy was practiced for degeneracy’s sake. Anything was >> good that shook off paralyzing intellectual grip of the social-intellectual >> Establishment." >> >> >> snip... 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
