Hi Hugo!
You write with passion, and that feels good to me.
Contrarians do not like static patterns.
They only have to get the slightest whiff of, 'Belonging' or agreeing with
others to make them whirl off in the opposite direction. (And very often with
great show?)
The Mavericks of this world are the dynamic ones who move things and create
change.
Pirsig experienced low quality and had to discover why this was so.
I feel that was as his motivation for doing the things he did; it is the
motivation for us all?
When he began to see where the problem was, Pirsig experienced high quality;
and he knew he was onto something.
Those who appear static in the sense you describe in your posting are in the
grip of various patterns as you point out.
I like the moral implications of this; to what extent are people free; what
is best for people?
I guess the answer is: People are free when they are happy?
If making a large family and doting on your children makes you happy, (As was
the case with my mother for example) then you are free.
Some of us are free only when we drop most if not all of our static aspect.
I feel Indian culture has known this for millennia.
The closer one moves towards DQ, the more free one becomes.
Jazz musicians, for example, play right on the edge of DQ.
Contrarians experience, 'That which is static' as very poor quality and do
all they feel they can to avoid stasis by moving towards DQ.
I suppose this makes contrarians jazzers? ;)
All the best Hugo!
Squonk. :-)
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