In a message dated 7/6/99 10:46:23 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
pholden5@earthlink.net writes:
>
> The closest I've come is pointing to the esthetic experience, our
> universal sense of beauty. Say what we will about the Victorians,
> many of them had a love of craftsmanship--a sensitivity for beauty in
> the products they made. Pirsig mentions how the Orientals have a
> reverence for their work based on cultural tradition. The Western
> world also possesses a long cultural tradition of work related esthetic
> consciousness, beginning with the ancient Greeks and continuing
> right up to 19th century Europe until the factory system and mass
> production began to take its toll. (David B. may provide some
> historical perspective on this.) To restore a sense of pride in the
> beauty of the thing produced--whether a doctoral thesis, a scientific
> experiment or a hamburger at the local fast food joint--would go a
> long way to heighten awareness of DQ. But it may be too late.
>
> I have to hand it to environmental activists who are as much
> motivated by saving the beauty of nature as for saving mankind. As
> long as we have the former there's always hope for the latter. Those
> involved in architectural preservation also have my admiration as do
> museum curators and others dedicated to saving the best works of
> man. There's hope as some of their arguments for government
> participation gain wider approval.
>
> Still, I get discouraged. But when I begin to doubt that the MOQ will
> someday gain a wider impact, I remind myself of a phrase penned
> by Stephen King, the famous writer of horror fiction:
>
> “There is fine Waterford crystal which rings delicately when struck,
> no matter how thick and chunky it may look, and then there are
> Flintstone jelly glasses. You can drink your Dom Perignon out of
> either one, but friends, there's a difference.”
>
> It's that difference which science, religion and philosophy have
> failed to explain. Until Pirsig. It's that difference, universally
> recognized, which may help open more minds to the MOQ.
>
> I apologize for wandering off the subject, Any thoughts?
>
> Platt
>
>
This is a beautiful way of explaining the MOQ with a little fleshing out.
Best post I've read in a while that is relevant to what IM looking for...how
to tell other people about the MOQ
thanks Platt
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