[MD] Dewey's Zen

[Andre]

Andre:
Thank you Anthony and dmb for presenting us with both your versions of 
this fun experiment.

I do have a question though with regards to what Anthony said which has 
nagged me for quite some time prior to this as well.
Anthony said:
Thinking is [Dynamic but] could not even exist without the felt 
qualities of [the aesthetic continuum]:

Andre:
I understand that 'thinking' is a (let's for clarity's sake say) ongoing 
process/activity. But is it "Dynamic" (with a capital D)?

My understanding of Dynamic, as used within the MOQ is that its result 
is always new (because it shatters static patterns) and that it is 
'arrived' at at that moment of not-thinking/not intellectualizing (This 
is how I read the example in ZMM of Poincaré and e.g. the classroom 
method...and the heart attack patient and the person experiencing a 
storm and the hearing of this wonderful new song).

I seem to remember Pirsig saying the same thing during the AHP 
conference, that, as soon as you start conceptualizing, thinking about 
it, the activity of symbol manipulation, you are in the static. That is, 
the activity is a static exercise/a static process following static rules.

I mean, in ZMM the narrator 'laments' the realization that he hasn't had 
a new thought in years. I presume he wasn't walking around as a zombie. 
No, he just kept his nose clean, did odd jobs here and there and lived 
an 'ordinary' family life. I wonder how many of us are in that same 
boat. We may think we are wonderfully dynamic and what have you, but 
most appear just variations on the same theme(this is my understanding 
of static quality patterns).

A bit like Pirsig's comment on the activities of the conservatives: 
"They are just doing the usual cover-up for the rich in their age-old 
exploitation of the poor". (LILA, p 225) And, let's be honest: they come 
up with some very creative ideas but still... .

What am I missing? I would really appreciate some clarification on this.