Hettinger (hettingr@iglou.com)
Wed, 4 Feb 1998 15:03:39 +0100
Hi Ciona!
Good to hear from you!
> .
> Going back to ZMM, does anyone else think that there seems to be a
> predominance of classic rather than romantic thinkers on the Lila
> Squad? Most of the postings seem to be evolving in an extremely
> classical direction, and as a classicist myself, I would be interested
> in hearing from someone who had a more romantic perspective. I'm not
> sure if this is a result of romantic avoiding the internet, or the idea
> of the Lila Squad, or merely being reluctant to participate in the more
> recent threads.
> .
It seems like our conversations run that way. I find myself skimming a
lot of the physics stuff. It's interesting to watch it being hashed out.
I'm watching Doug and Magnus and Bo and everyone else closely, because I'm
very interested in the divisions and breakpoints they come up with. It's
the parallels and extensions to the social level that are my interest. And
there are parallels.
> I've found the threads on quantum theory and physics to be
> fascinating: right now I'm reading "The Dancing Wu Li Masters", which
> seems to relate nicely to what the sqaud has been discussing. I would
> like to pose the question of how art relates to MoQ, however.
> (Hopefully, this could raise a more romantic side of the list). What is
> the moral value of art? Would anyone be interested in pursuing this?
> .
The moral value of art. We've touched on it. I'll write you later on
this. (I've promised myself 10 minutes here this AM.) I've just finished
a booklet for teachers that (I hope) deals with this in a practical way,
but I still haven't defined it, even for myself.
> Lastly, I found a copy of "Guidebook to Zen and the Art of
> Motorcycle Mainenance" at the library recently. Has anyone else come
> into contact with this book? I've just started reading it, so I haven't
> had a chance to formulate much of an opinion on it, but it seems to be
> an interesting companion to ZMM. Unfortunately it was published before
> 'Lila' was, so it's definitely missing a substantial section of
> Pirsig's philosophy.
>
I skimmed it in the bookstore once. Found it interesting and
disturbing. My slant on Pirsig was not the same as the author's, as I
remember. There are also a lot of portions that were cut from ZMM. I
read them, and decided that they were left out for a reason. However, if
I could get hold of it now, I'd read it again.
>
>
> p.s. 'Lila' - Do you say 'lee-la' or 'lie-la'?
>
>
I say 'lie-la'. How about the rest of you?
I have another name question. Was anyone else disturbed by the protagonist
of Lila being called 'Phaedrus'? I stumbled over that name every time I
read it, and I still do. (It's almost as if Pirsig had taken the
actual name of the person--I don't know who--and at the last minute, used
the computer to substitute 'Phaedrus'.)
Phaedrus was the original, separate, pre-hospital personality. The
narrator of ZMM was someone else. By the end of the book, they had made
peace with each other.
A rhetorical question. Gotta go. Thx.
Maggie
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