Diana McPartlin (diana@asiantravel.com)
Sat, 20 Sep 1997 16:41:31 +0100
More additions to the Forum page: quotes from Eugen Herrigel's Zen in
the Art of Archery, Doug's review of Lila and, by popular demand,
Platt's "Say Hello to Now."
The only new bio is Gene's, we have a few other new subscribers but no
details yet.
I got an email about the Lila Squad from Robert M Pirsig. Sadly he
declined to join the list but here are his comments:
"I stumbled across your stunning Athens Forum site last night and called
Wendy to the computer. When we had finished reading it all we took out a
bottle of cognac and celebrated. The MOQ is at last out of my hands.
Other people are at last sustaining it on a continuing social basis. I
can disappear tomorrow and it will keep on going. This is a major event
in its history.
All day I've wondered how much I should participate, and the Zen answer
keeps repeating itself: "Don't! You will just shut everyone else up.
They'll all sit back and wait for the great author to speak and that is
the worst thing that could happen." The material for the MOQ is not
something I invented out of thin air. It has been lying dormant within
the culture for centuries. I have mined probably less than one per cent
of what is there. The best readers will pay minimal attention to what I
have found and maximal attention to what I have missed. That's where the
excitement is."
I think that's a thumbs up :-)
Diana
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