[MD] Right, I don't think of it as killing the intellect.

[Andre Broersen]

dmb to Ron:

Right, I don't think of it as killing the intellect. That's what's so useful about the bike repair metaphor, I think.

Andre:
Yes, it seems to me (and I hope I am wrong in this) that there is some confusion about this 'killing' term. It does not mean that you should destroy them. What Pirsig means is that you 'detach' yourself from them...when you are [intellectually] stuck. That is, put them aside, do not cling to them. You should make room for intuition, imagination, creativity. In other words DQ to 'assist'. Freeing your cup so to speak... .(LILA,p 407)

Use your artistic abilities and potentialities to get you away from the static that has produced the stuckness (or, for that matter,suffering) in the first place...whilst at the same time allowing the not forgetting the difference between the wrench and the screwdriver.