[Akshay]
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on that -- it gave me good insights into what Pirsig really means. But if DQ means freedom or detachment certain static patterns (in the context of growth), then when you actually grow better, you're still attached to some static pattern, which means that you never really get rid of patterns completely, but only shift between which patterns you value. Perhaps the answer to that is the whole latching thing Pirsig talks about. But how come all dynamic processes, those processes getting rid of their previous patterns, end up better than before? Perhaps, the definition of DQ is itself growth (not considering all the "can't be defined" debate). By the way, don't you honestly think that Pirsig should write at least 5 more books on his thoughts? -- [Ron] Akshay, I apologize for misspelling your name. I think one more book to distill and solidify his thoughts without a story line would be nice. DQ termed as growth and growth termed as change comes close to summing it up but what about decay? might quality be expressed In an "attack and decay" analogue like a sound wave ? Where it rises to a static manifestation Then decays back to DQ? Where all things behave this way but at varing rates? Then DQ may be expressed as differing levels of approaching/receeding static manifestation? Pirsig and the other pragmatists never mention decay. To use an old Taoist analogue, is the perception Of realitylike the reflecting sunlight off a running river, appearing constant yet ever moving? many questions yet to be accounted for, for me anyway. I'm beginning to get the impression That life may be summed up in a spawning salmon analogue that which fights up stream againt the roar Of dynamic quality stay static long enough to spawn, let the flow of DQ take you and you decay back to DQ itself. Thoughts? Or am I getting alittle kooky. 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.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
