RE: MD Pirsig an artist - MoQ & love

From: Willy (willy@rodo.nl)
Date: Fri Jan 24 2003 - 16:40:46 GMT

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    Dan:

    Dain said:
    >Lila, Bantam paperback, page 330 -- "If you really love people they'll
    kill
    >you for it. You have to hate them and then *pretend* you love them."

    True, he mentions love. But he doesn't discuss it as part of MoQ, he
    doesn't compare love to anything but its opposite (hate) and is
    therefore not truelly discussing it. Now let's not define 'discussing
    something' but let's look at the role love plays in the MoQ. The piece
    you quoted is not part of the philosophical pondering but part of the
    story about his (in)sanity. Simply because it contains the word love
    does not mean it contributes to *this* discussion.

    >Can a person be an artist and not love their art?
    I will answer with another question. Can you be considered an artist by
    others, but not by yourself? I sure believe so (eg 200 years after your
    death). If you don't consider yourself as an artist then you won't
    consider what you do (or create) as art. You will not have to love it.

    >In my opinion, like Dynamic Quality, love cannot be defined, so there
    is
    >little use in analyzing it. Love just is.
    Little use in analyzing it? Might just as well throw away RMPs books
    then.

    Willy

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