peeling the gem out of his bed, hold it against the light, to observe the unseen part.
this is a topquality idea Dr Mc Watt. Indeed. Adrie 2014-03-22 2:00 GMT+01:00 Ant McWatt <[email protected]>: > The Research & Writing of a new Sarah Vinke Biography!!! > > > A Joint Project of Dr Anthony McWatt, Project > Researcher & Author > > with Professor Henry S. Gurr, Project Director > & Editor. > > > *********************************************************** > > > Preamble and Some General Guidelines: > > > We believe that Professor Sarah Vinke (of 'Zen > & > the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' fame), > deserves > a good biography!!! > > If this writing project goes as we anticipate > it should, then this project though starting > small, > could grow and build to quite a substantial > undertaking. > > It will be titled: > > 'Sarah Vinke and the Quest for the Origins > of Robert Pirsig's Metaphysics of Quality'. > > > We believe that this biography project will > work out > great!!! > > A biography of Sarah Vinke by Dr McWatt is a > natural academic step especially considering > that > Sarah is one of his favorite characters in 'Zen > & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' and that > he was the first person in the world to > receive a > Ph.D. in Robert Pirsig's 'Metaphysics of > Quality' (or 'MOQ'). > > In view of this, his efforts as biographer > should produce a text of high intellectual > quality > and be of interest to those seeking further > knowledge about Sarah Vinke and/or the > historical > background of the MOQ. > > > We will start small and gradually "explore our > way > into" how to move ahead. > > To paraphrase Pirsig, we won't let the > static plan divert us away from the Dynamic "in > the field" research. > > Some might call this technique "Evo_Devo" > while less generous souls, might call it "Trial > & Error"!!! > > > Here are our thoughts on how Sarah Vinke's > biography > should turn out: > > In the long term, say a year or two, we would > ideally > like have a biography of substantial length on > the > lines of the biography of famed science fiction > writer, Ray Bradbury, author of the fascinating > 'Zen and the Art of Writing'!!! > > Such biographies usually start with the > childhood of the > person in question. > > In regards to Sarah Vinke, the farm where she > grew up and its land are still there, as well > as the > many of the surrounding physical structures. > > Ideally, a biographer will integrate all this > life > information and make (nay weave!), a story of > that > person's life just as if the biographer was > actually in that person's skin. > > In the case of Sarah Vinke, we believe it is > especially needful to "tease out" just why > Sarah > said (to only Robert Pirsig apparently) "Are > you > teaching Quality?" > > This is especially intriguing, because as of > now, there is no CLEAR pattern - as of yet - > from > Sarah's life, as to why she would do this!!! > > > http://robertpirsig.org/news.htm > > > > . > 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 > -- parser 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
