In a message dated 10/02/00 02:50:22 GMT Standard Time, pfischer@unicom.net
writes:
<< Subj: Re: Triumphs and Chinese Philosphy, (little LBC).
Date: 10/02/00 02:50:22 GMT Standard Time
From: pfischer@unicom.net (Pat Fischer)
To: bethken@erols.com (Beth & Ken)
CC: GuyotLeonF@aol.com, triumphs@autox.team.net
Didn't you love the idea of "stuckness" Pirsig came up with? Remember, his
frustration with trying to get off the bolt, tried everything, about ready to
throw the motorcycle over a cliff; and he thought that that was the supreme
moment in quality or creativity... the moment past that stuckness where you
started thinking of the alternatives.
I copied the section for a Triumph club newsletter once. Although, I have to
admit that the pain of "stuckness" is much more vivid a memory to me than the
brilliant idea that may have come after. :-)
Pat Fischer
Beth & Ken wrote:
> Leon;
>
> Ever read "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert Pirsig?
> You'd like it, as it talks very much of a Taoist approach to maintaining a
> machine (as far as that's possible). It taught me how to walk away from a
> frustrating job, and return to one that no longer frustrates (might take
> more than one "walk away").
>
> ken shapiro
> baltimore
> 1970 GT6+ KC81872L
>>
>>>That's curious, my word for it is 'stiction' ...
but it amounts to much the same thing ;-)
Léon
Triumph Sports Six Club
International Liaison Secretary
1963 Triumph Vitesse 2-Litre Convertible
Wimbledon, London, England.
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