[MD] psst, Squonk, Over here

David M davidint at blueyonder.co.uk
Wed Nov 1 10:37:28 PST 2006


Hi Steve

That seems right to me, patterns emerge and dis-emerge.
We could perhaps ask why patterns form at all?
Why does the dynamic ever allow for repeats?
One suggestion I have is that what is valued is
worth doing more than once. Is worth another
turn? 

Ta
David M


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Hannon" <stevehannon at gmail.com>
To: <moq_discuss at moqtalk.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [MD] psst, Squonk, Over here


> Hello Mark, Marsha
> 
> I have thought about how to describe the SQ patterns as well.  In my
> essay I introduced the term "elasticity"; perhaps that might help us
> here?  My thought is that lower levels have less elastic patterns,
> higher levels have more elastic patterns.
> 
> I think the point we are all trying to make is that even the SQ
> patterns change, even if they stay static long enough for us to come
> up with names for them.  They are "static" but "temporary," perhaps?
> 
> Some thoughts,
> Steve H
> 
> On 11/1/06, MarshaV <marshalz at charter.net> wrote:
>> At 08:11 AM 11/1/2006, you wrote:
>> >At 05:30 PM 10/31/2006, Mark wrote:
>> >
>> > >Mark 31-10-06:
>> > >How  can patterns, which are supposed to be static, be Dynamic also?
>> > >The  language is confusing don't you think?
>> >
>> >Mark,
>> >
>> >I'm not persuaded  that change can be defined any more than DQ.  But
>> >don't worry about the  confusion, it may be that confusion is the
>> >mother of  insight.
>> >
>> >Marsha
>> >
>> >Mark 1-11-06: Hello Marsha.
>> >Maybe the answer is simply that nothing is static anyway?
>> >
>> >In a stream or flux everything changes, even individual atoms. In fact,
>> >there may not be individual atoms?
>> >The term, 'stable' patterns has been suggested as a replacement for,
>> >'static'.
>> >What do you think?
>> >
>> >Love,
>> >Mark
>>
>>
>> Hi Mark,
>>
>> Language is tricky, but I've never thought of 'static' as meaning:
>> without movement.  I've more thought of 'static' as meaning: having
>> limited movement (more or less).  I think the word 'stable' has a
>> connotation that is too positive, so I don't much like it as a
>> replacement.  But maybe the confusion is JUST in the language.  For
>> instance, within science a word might have a more precise meaning
>> than it does for a layperson.
>>
>> Marsha
>>
>>
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