interesting.....how vs. why. in the acting technique i use, we don't
get into "why" (i.e. why the character does what they do, etc) We only
look at how ("why" is "because the playwright said so".) An amazing
thing happen when you focus on the "how" - they "why" shows up. If an
actor slowly and with conviction does something, a mood or psychology
shows up and we have the "why"
I've come to believe the "why" is not nearly as important as the
"how"
(at least with my acting) :o)
Shalom
David Lind
Trickster@postmark.net
Blnktmons@aol.com wrote:
> Ken says: If we are going to answer the question why, we first need to
> answer the question how. Science does answer the question why, just a
little
> further back in the chain.
>
> I say: Whoa there! If you've figured out the answer ultimate why, then
> please, enlighten me. Wasn't that the purpose of Pirsig's writing? to
answer
> the question why? I agree that The statement that science only answers the
> question how, and not the question why is only partly true. Example:
> science answers the question "Why do humans need to breathe," with "because
> the cells in the human body need an oxygen atom to act as a final electron
> acceptor during the electron transport system" Science has given a very
> specific answer to a "why" question. The problem is that "further back in
> the chain" science can't answer the question "why". If it could then we'd
> have a clear metaphysics that explained everything. I joined this forum
> because I like the "why" answers that Pirsig has come up with and that each
> of the members of this list have expounded upon. After all, isn't that why
> we're all here to answer that question why, with the answers that Pirsig
has
> provided? If science has already done that then I, and I don't think any
one
> else, would be here.
>
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