[MD] Quoting myself

[Fam. Kintziger-Karaca]

Greetings listers , Marsha,

Quote(myself)
Lila, as caracter in the book is postulated by Pirsig with insanity, The author projects this insanity on lila, without 
the clear nessecity for the book or the caracter.There is no ground nor cure , and when "Pheadrus" interacts in the book,
with the parameters Pirsig allows him to use,(objective observer , seeker of truth), Pheadrus does not interact with this insanity.

As if the observer Pheadrus needs to stay away from the Lila-insanity.
Yet it is Pheadrus both in zzm, and in the real life of the author propulsing Pirsig towards insanity.
 
Getting stuck... , am i getting stuck on this , or did Pirsig do so in "Lila"?

One of the bottomlines of todays expirience is that ZZM ,by far beats "Lila" as a better book.

Still , the geniuss of Pirsig shines thrue in the levels as postulated.It shines thrue in the qualities of lila.

Ouote(Marsha)Well now, you've lost that cute Flemish accent ;-)

I'll adjust a little for the record:

I don't think RMP was ever insane, nor, the character, Lila.   The prevailing 
social and intellectual patterns that promote greed, desire and hatred 
were/are insane. 
 


Well, Marsha
I did some googling and found  this in an interview in the observer


The book is bleaker, messier than Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, though it carries a lot of the charge of Pirsig's restless mind.  (interviewer Tim adams)

and  Pirsig responding.....
'If I wrote it today,' he says,
'it would be a much more cheerful book. But I was resolving things in Lila; the sadness of the past, and particularly Chris's death, is there. Zen was quite an inspiring book, I think, but I wanted to go in the other direction with Lila and do something that explored a more sordid, depressing life ...'



So , probably it needs no further comment , i think,its all there

sincerly, Adrie