Re: MD quality religion

From: David MOREY (us@divadeus.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Wed Mar 17 2004 - 19:09:37 GMT

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    Hi

    Yes, what Edmund Burke says about the Sublime and the beautiful
    can be read as DQ/SQ appreciation. Also Kant on the sublime-
    i.e. where the experience of nature goes beyond our conceptual grasp.

    regards
    David M
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Platt Holden" <pholden@sc.rr.com>
    To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
    Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 9:58 PM
    Subject: Re: MD quality religion

    > Hey Poot,
    >
    > > Platt:
    > > For me, art and beauty can make a direct connection to Dynamic Quality.
    > > That's my religion. IMO there's none better.
    >
    > > -Pirsig:
    > > "Now, as the first step of the crystallization process, he saw
    > > that when Quality is kept undefined by definition, the entire field
    called
    > > esthetics, is wiped out. . . completely disenfranchised... kaput. By
    > > refusing to define Quality, you can't define Quality, there's no way you
    > > can subordinate it to any intellectual rule. The estheticians can have
    > > nothing more to say. Their whole field, definition of Quality, is
    gone."
    >
    > Wholeheartedly agree. The philosophical field of aesthetics, words about
    > art and beauty, is a complete waste. As I've said before, the only valid
    > thing in art is the one thing that cannot be explained. As for beauty,
    > like DQ, it's an intuitive, not an intellectual concept.
    >
    > Platt
    >
    >
    >
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