Dear Erin,
Where did Pirsig describe ZAMM as a culture-bearing book and how
does that relate (for you) to my idea that neither stories nor
readers bear meaning but that meaning is in the relation between
them?
I tried 21/1 22:23 +0100 to communicate a resemblance (at least)
between 'quality' and 'meaning': according to Pirsig you
shouldn't say that 'something (an object or subject) has
quality', but that quality has/creates them.
Maybe Meaning creates patterns?
If 'culture' means something like 'quality' to you, I don't think
you (nor Pirsig) should speak of 'books bearing culture'. If it
is a loose indication of a pattern of values (intellectual rather
than social I'd say, because of the linking with books) I'd
nominate books like the Bible and the Koran (and wouldn't dare to
compare ZAMM with them).
With friendly greetings,
Wim
MOQ.ORG - http://www.moq.org
Mail Archive - http://alt.venus.co.uk/hypermail/moq_discuss/
MD Queries - horse@darkstar.uk.net
To unsubscribe from moq_discuss follow the instructions at:
http://www.moq.org/md/subscribe.html
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Sat Aug 17 2002 - 16:01:47 BST