[MD] dukkha (2) is change

[Ant McWatt]

Marsha,

Best of luck with the pottery class.  You might also be interested to know that I finally got round to getting back to painting class this month.  I'll let you know how I get on!

Yours artistically,

Ant


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Marsha V stated March 19th 2013:

Greetings Anthony,
 
On Mar 18, 2013, at 9:45 PM, Ant McWatt <antmcwatt at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
 
> Marsha then asked Ant:
> 
> Have YOU got anything original to offer?
> 
> 
> Ant McWatt responds:
> 
> No,
> not today, Marsha... I read both ZMM and Lila each within a few 
> years of their publication dates and have lived with these ideas for a 
> sizable chunk of my life now. If I could say something in person to Dr. 
> Pirsig now, it would probably be: "Thanks, for nothing." 
 
It's the expectations that will get one every time.
 
 
> I find my view of the world so out of sync with the culture around me that
> it is difficult to carry on even casual conversations much of the time.
 
You had no problem when you were here. 
 
 
> But on the other hand I can no longer imagine that land of shadow I have
> been lifted from.
 
Hmmmm. 
 
 
> Pirsig's book certainly caused a paradigm shift for 
> me but I have noticed that just because a paradigm shifts doesn't mean 
> everyone shifts with it. You don't have to throw many rocks on a crowded
> street to hit a Newtonian! No one speaks much of the quantum paradigm 
> other than to comment on how disturbing it is, but to me it is part and 
> parcel to the MOQ. The central characteristic of Quality, the Tao, is 
> its uncertain nature. It can not be defined, only experienced. Couple 
> this with Godel's Theorem that there is uncertainty even at the heart of
> mathematics and the creaking sound you hear are paradigms shifting 
> around you. 
 
I signed up for a pottery class which will start April 3rd.  For so many reasons I am excited.  I enjoy creative people.  
I want to connect with Earth.  I want to be a beginner.  I sometimes need to put all metaphor and analogy out of my mind.  
I want to play.  I like to lose the 'I' in the work.  You are first an artist, are you not?  


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