Hi Peter:
Your wrote:
> I'm not sure that I would categorically go along with the notion that the
> difference amounts to a completely different thing. I tend to think of
> "nested patterns", rather like gestalts, and so I would have stated the
> difference in terms of the aesthetic experience being a 'higher order' (in
> terms of complexity) type of pattern-recognition. As I understand it, you're
> saying that Quality is of a higher order than patterns, that Quality in it's
> purest form is essentially undifferentiated; is my understanding correct?
Yes. In the SODV paper Pirsig points to Northrup's
"undifferentiated aesthetic continuum" as being an acceptable
description of Quality. But, I agree with you that much art
appreciation is based on recognition of 'higher order' (more
complex) patterns. Hearing 'Night and Day" played on the piano
from sheet music is less aesthetically satisfying than listening to
an Errol Garner jazz rendition. Would you agree that in either case
the aesthetic experience occupies a higher place in the MOQ than
the intellectual level?
Platt
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