[MD] Primer

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Squonkonguitar at aol.com:

> Hello Platt,
> All this talk of Primer made me look up what it means.
>  
>      
> Function: noun
> Etymology: Middle English,  layperson's prayer book, from Anglo-French, from 
> Medieval Latin  primarium, from Late Latin, neuter of primarius  primary
> 1 : a small book for teaching children to  read
> 2 : a small introductory book on a  subject
> 3 : a short informative piece of  writing
>  
> I am not sure what is being suggested for use on the  forum, but i expect it 
> is 3? Maybe 2?
> I know someone, (Rebecca?) suggested essays for  consideration, but that may 
> have been for a 2-type project - and MoQ  guidebook.
> I realise now that what i had in mind was a concise  description of MoQ terms 
> and what they mean.
> This is why i had doubts about placing Quality as a  level in a Primer. I 
> think Gav wants to make the Primer broader than Lila  so the mystical gets a 
> shout.
>  
> So, there are two projects in the offing:
> A. A MoQ guidebook.
> B. A MoQ Primer.
>  
> Perhaps the first line of both these projects could  be:
> "Dynamic Quality is the same for all but all  associate Quality with 
> different patterns."
> Perhaps the second line could be:
> "Art draws attention away from patterns and toward  Quality."

Excellent questions about the purpose and format of the proposed ????.
Personally I go for the idea of a children's introduction to the MOQ.
Begin with: "Do you like to paint, dance, and sing?  The whole world does to,
from the time the world began up to this very day. Take a piece of paper and
make a pattern with a blue crayon. Add some red. Add some yellow. Make it as
beautiful as you can. What you have done, the world does. Makes beautiful
patterns. Oceans, mountains and streams. Flowers, butterflies and bluebirds.
People, places and things. Sometimes the world makes patterns by itself. Other
times it make patterns through people, like you. When you made the pattern you
just completed, the world was working through your eyes, your hands, your soul.
You were responding to something called Quality.

Etc.,etc. I'm sure you and others can do a lot better. But, you get the idea. 

Platt

  

 

  



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