At 09:35 AM 6/5/2007, you wrote: >[Marsha] >Do you think RMP likes women? Then? Now? The book was named LILA, and >was to some degree about a relationship between a man and a woman. Do >you think RMP was, or is, afraid of women? Does RMP's portrayal of Lila >reflect his attitude? Ever wonder about that? > >"He always wanted to know what she thought but he'd never tell her what >he thought. Always playing around the edges. " (LILA Chapter 18) > >What do you think SA? Everyone? Someone offlist wrote about his >curiosity concerning this topic? Anyone else curious? > >[Ron] >I think Pirsig was illustrating with Lila (among a host of others) was >how his preconception of >Lila influenced his perception of her, first off she reminded him of >another girl he had a chance >encounter with in his youth that he was too afraid to respond too, next >we get her description >in the bar relating her dress to x-rated perception and symbolism, it >concludes on the boat >with his questioning of her and she gets upset stating that he is making >her into what he wants >her to be not as she is, she says this is a trait of most men. Which >perhaps oedipus complex >may be of some insight? > >
Ron& Freud? Sigmund? What you write sounds correct, but too, too,,,, too neat, too textbook, too static. Okay, let's take it out of the author's personal perspective. That seems to be a path nowhere since he is so well hidden. But there is something there, something so obvious it can't be seen. Or maybe it very, very scary... Or the talk can continue about TiTs. m 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/
