Hello everyone
From: "ARLO J BENSINGER JR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [MD] Paradise in cyber space
Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2007 16:11:40 -0400
[Marsha]
How would the MOQ differentiate the artwork from the experience of
creating it?
[Arlo]
I am reminded of this from ZMM.
"Phædrus felt that at the moment of pure Quality perception, or not even
perception, at the moment of pure Quality, there is no subject and there is
no
object. There is only a sense of Quality that produces a later awareness of
subjects and objects. At the moment of pure quality, subject and object are
identical. This is the tat tvam asi truth of the Upanishads, but itâs
also
reflected in modern street argot. "Getting with it," "digging it,"
"grooving on
it" are all slang reflections of this identity. It is this identity that is
the
basis of craftsmanship in all the technical arts. And it is this identity
that
modern, dualistically conceived technology lacks. The creator of it feels
no
particular sense of identity with it. The owner of it feels no particular
sense
of identity with it. The user of it feels no particular sense of identity
with
it. Hence, by Phædrusâ definition, it has no Quality."
"That wall in Korea that Phædrus saw was an act of technology. It was
beautiful, but not because of any masterful intellectual planning or any
scientific supervision of the job, or any added expenditures to "stylize"
it.
It was beautiful because the people who worked on it had a way of looking
at
things that made them do it right unselfconsciously. They didnât separate
themselves from the work in such a way as to do it wrong. There is the
center
of the whole solution." (ZMM)
With this in mind, I do not think the MOQ separates the art work from the
creation process. Indeed, just the opposite, the MOQ reminds of that they
are
precisely INSEPARABLE.
"The machine that appears to be "out there" and the person that appears to
be
"in here" are not two separate things. They grow toward Quality or fall
away
from Quality together." (ZMM)
Hi Arlo
Yes... but the question was: How would the MOQ differentiate the artwork
from the experience of creating it?
The MOQ was introduced in LILA, not ZMM. I don't see where you've addressed
the question other than in a subject-object way of thinking that the MOQ
subsumes.
Thoughts?
Dan
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