[MD] Tit's

[Margaret Warren]

>
> Hi Margaret,
> I'm delighted you commented on my adding the category of artists to dmb's
> supposition that philosophers and mystics might not be limited by
> SOM. Then
> in answer to Peter's query, I listed a few artists who I would
> nominate as
> being not SOM-limited.
>
> You observation that neither I nor anyone can possibly know how any one
> else sees the world -- SOMwise or otherwise -- is quite right and well
> taken. What I did was name those artists who, on fleeting occasions,
> bridged the subject-object gap for me as I viewed, listened or read their
> work. Also, as an amateur painter, I've experienced total
> absorption in the
> painting process where momentarily the awareness of self and other has
> vanished. So I thought as a generalization that artists should be
> included
> as possible SOM transcenders.
>
> This is not to claim enlightenment of any kind but rather a recounting of
> my own transient experiences of nondual awareness and, for me at least,
> personal confirmation of Pirsig's ineffable DQ. For me these experiences
> have always been associated with beauty, and why for me beauty is the
> ultimate goodness.
>
> Thanks for the chance to elaborate on my views.
> Platt
>


AND thank you for elaborating!

I've been absentee for a few days - working on a large scale painting
project
of my own. I'll talk about it more later.

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