[MD] Chance v. Dynamic Quality

[Platt Holden]

> Platt to Andre:
> Or, it says we understand DQ differently. Maybe you are surprised and
> stopped in your tracks every moment of every day by DQ. I gladly admit
> that
> I'm not.
> 
> Andre:
> Hi Platt,
> Maybe we do understand DQ differently maybe not. All I am getting at is
> that
> at each moment of the day we have choices.

Agree.

> That we do, or do not allow
> ourselves to exercise these choices depends on our static patterns.

I would say rather that most of time our static patterns determine our 
choices that we make each moment of the day.  

> This has nothing to do with DQ, everything with ourselves.

Agree. Ourselves = our static patterns. DQ comes to us as a surprise. 
"Static quality is what your normally expect." (Lila, 9)

> And that you are glad not to be 'stopped in your tracks' every moment of
> every day tells me you are probably quite a contented man.

In some things, yes. In others, no. I'm certainly not content with the 
financial losses I've suffered recently. Not good. Pirsig's warning 
constantly haunts me: "Now that intellect was in command of society for the 
first time in history, was this the intellectual pattern it was going to 
run society with?: (Lila, 22) In fact, Chapters 22 and 24 of LIla are not 
exactly designed to engender content. 

However, I'm content we agree on much.

Platt