[FRIAM] "ZAMM"

[Prof David West]

Nick,

I know you are a mystic but you have yet to acknowledge same, so it is not Zen that motivates you.

My best guess with be a perceived metaphor/analogy between yourself and the kata of gardening to Pirsig and the kata of motorcycle maintenance. 

davew


On Wed, Aug 18, 2021, at 8:46 PM, thompnickson2 at gmail.com wrote:
> David,
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> I will gladly answer your question.  But I beg your forbearance to ask you a question first?  What do you take my motivations to be?  I promise this isn’t a trap or any kind, even rhetorical. 
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> Nick
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> Nick Thompson
> ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
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> *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Prof David West
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 18, 2021 9:48 PM
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> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] "ZAMM"
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> dave west will be happy to do so, but would like to understand your motivation.
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> davew
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> On Wed, Aug 18, 2021, at 7:45 PM, thompnickson2 at gmail.com wrote:
>> Colleagues,
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>> I wonder if Pirsig’s *Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance *was a thing for any of you, and if you would be interested in pursuing a thread about it and, if so, if you would be willing to get it down off your shelf and flip through it, looking for the parts you loved and the parts you hated. 
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>> Nick Thompson
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>> ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
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>> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
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