[MD] Step One

[Andre Broersen]

Mark to Andre:

  Sorry if my command of grammar is not up to snuff.  I wouldn't get into a
grammar debate if I were you.  Yes, it did just come up, you brought it up.
  I was discussing it, you do not have to discuss it if you care not to, I
understand.  So, how is flux stable?

Andre:
Nothing wrong with your grammar Mark. The 'flux' I meant to designate is better understood as 'vibrating'. If it is fixed it cannot change. Stability does not mean 'fixed'. It means stably vibrating...until something better comes along.

Mark:
Good quote, perhaps the grammar is not very leading there...  Yes, Qualityis THE event if you want to put it that way.  The term event has many philosophical synonyms.  My opinion is that you are not using it in the right way.  I would prefer the term wedstrijd to gebeurtenis.

Andre:
A very good observation, and I have thought long and hard to describe the 'event' and concluded that the Dutch rendition of the word 'event' in the way that the MOQ requires it is not 'gebeurtenis' but 'beleving'. This seems to me more direct and a truer representation. (You may disagree)

Mark:
How would you define patterns of value?  Just asking so that I can converse with you.

Andre:
Well, I thought we are already conversing so there must be some value recognized (without wanting to be a smart-arse)
Patterns of value are what they point to: abstractions of Quality based on valuations, on what is best, on what 'feels' right, on what can help us improve, on what is beauty, on what brings us closer into harmony with all, on what is desperately crying out for recognition.

They are valuations, and not just personal ones (otherwise they would not be included...for the time being...). These are valuations shared by all of us. As much 'inner' as 'outer' making up our cultural heritage and universal origins.