From: Leland Jory (ljory@mts.net)
Date: Tue Mar 16 2004 - 23:25:20 GMT
Platt Holden wrote:
>Words, rules, etc. are always "post hoc" if you mean by that, "after
>direct experience." My use of the word 'style' wasn't meant to convey that
>the Quakers followed a style manual in their work but to distinguish their
>products from similar ones produced by others. The 'style' of a Shaker
>chair is unique and instantly recognizable.
>
The thing is, the Quakers didn't develop "Quaker Styling (tm)" to
distinguish their products from others' works. The Quaker craftsman were
in touch with DQ while they made the furniture, and that is why it has
that particular look. It's similar to the concept of a sculptor looking
at a block of stone. To the sculptor, when they are hammering away at
the block, they are not turning the block into a statue. Rather, they
are freeing the statue from the block. Does this make sense?
>>The only reason it could be misleading to use 'god' in place of DQ is that
>>the word 'god' is frought with meaning that has been applied (again)
>>post-hoc. Personally, I don't have a problem with the word 'god' any more
>>than I have a problem with the word 'artichoke', and I can't fathom why
>>others do.
>>
>>
>
>A word like 'God' carries a lot of baggage. Asked to define God, people
>will give you a lot of different answers. Not so with 'artichoke'
>
True, but it is your notions about the word that make it offensive to
you. You have a preconcieved static image of what 'god' means. If you
consider that, when all is said and done, 'god' is simply a word then
you will see there is no point in getting uptight about it. Consider
that those who describe god in the traditional sense may just have an
incomplete understanding of DQ, if it helps.
BTW, you shouldn't make assumptions about the baggage a word can carry.
You don't know what other people's experience with artichokes have been.
;^{)>
--
Leland Jory :^{)>
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away, I'm looking for the truth.' and so it goes away. Puzzling." -
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