RE: MD Fun in Manhattan?

From: Ian Glendinning (ian@psybertron.org)
Date: Thu Jun 19 2003 - 18:42:16 BST

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    Phew, glad I got the irony level about right.

    (You did notice my querying concerned the relevance of the specific sites
    you listed, not NYC itself.)

    Ian

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    Subject: Re: MD Fun in Manhattan?

    Hi Ian,

    IAN
    > Nice pitch for NYC, but the relevance to Pirsig is ... ?

    RICK
    Umm... How about... Pirsig described NYC the most Dynamic place on Earth
    (LILA ch17 p252). David, apparently intrigued, decided to come and
    investigate for himself and inquired about where he might find some "fun" in
    NYC. As Pirsig tells us, Dynamic Quality is pure fun (LILA ch11 p 171). So
    if you read between the lines, David was asking about how he might get
    closer to DQ via his upcoming New York experience... and that's not really
    any less relevant to Pirsig than any other thread about experiencing DQ, is
    it?

    How's that for a save?

    IAN
    > BTW Don't shoot me I'm new around here, but ...
    >
    > What about
    > The hotel overlooking Central Park ?
    > The restaurants ?
    > The Pier ?
    > Other views / locations ?

    RICK
    The firing squad got too expensive so we don't shoot newbies anymore, we've
    decided instead to kick it old-school and use a rack ;-) But seriously,
    those are all great suggestions for places to see in the city, that's the
    thing about NY, you can spend an active lifetime here and still not see
    everything (trust me on this one).

    IAN
    > I've just flown back to UK from US (not NY unfortunately) finishing my 3rd
    > re-read of Lila just before arrival - more annotations than original text
    > now ! And all the scenes on the Hudson and in Manhattan so evocative.
    > Especially poignant messages about the big Apple, that most Dynamic city
    and
    > the skyline including the WTC.

    RICK
    I actually had a WTC view from my previous apartment (and yes, I saw them go
    down with my own eyes). Now I've moved and I have a view of the Statue of
    Liberty (statue of DQ?) and the river... it's an inspiring sight to wake-up
    to everyday.

    IAN
    > Shall I introduce myself ?

    RICK
    Welcome to the forum.

    take care
    rick

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