Dan, I hadn't realised either that Henry Miller's "Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch" was written extensively "about artists of all sorts... [and that he claimed] even the community plumber is an artist. Reminds me a lot of ZMM."
I, for one anyway, will be making sure to also read Miller's "Big Sur" book this Summer if only due to your intriguing comment quoted above. Many thanks for pointing this similarity out between the two books. Much appreciated. All the best, Ant www.robertpirsig.org ---------------------------------------- Dan Glover said to Arlo, May 15th 2014 Arlo, On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 2:32 PM, ARLO JAMES BENSINGER JR <[email protected]> wrote: > [Ron] > I don't think "artist" is a very nice word. It implies some special status > that lets certain people be creative while the rest of us muddle along. > > [Arlo] > Agree. I think its better to use "artful" and append it to the activity > (artful painting, artful inquiry, artful woodworking, artful trombone > playing, etc.). Rather than "she's an artist", you could say "she paints very > artfully". And that guy over there, he artfully maintains his motorcycle. Dan: Actually, I think it was John who wrote that. I took it as sort of tongue in cheek in that Lu is an artist (and a very talented one at that) but perhaps I am mistaken. I happen to be reading Henry Miller's Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch in which he writes extensively about artists of all sorts... he claims even the community plumber is an artist. Reminds me a lot of ZMM. Anyway, I'm not sure why, but I am noticing people around me in my daily life and how inclined (or disinclined) they are to artistry. It isn't that they specialize in one particular area... she's a painter, he's a woodworker, she sings, he dances) but rather that artful attitude permeates their entire beings. I think I see it here too, in the high quality (or low quality) of the posts. Just an observation... Dan . 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
