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So the thing to do when working on a motorcycle, as in any
other task, is to cultivate the peace of mind which does not
separate one’s self from one’s surroundings. When that is done
successfully then everything else follows naturally. Peace of
mind produces right values, right values produce right
thoughts. Right thoughts produce right actions and right actions
produce work which will be a material reflection for others to
see of the serenity at the center of it all.
—Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle
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With an artistic drama we empathize with one or more of its
characters, but there’s also a distance between us and their
situation—a safety valve that allows us to express a range of
emotions, but also to say, “It’s only a movie,” “It’s only a play,”
“It’s only a novel.” Work is based upon problem solving, how to
eliminate conflict and get the job done. Episodic is fine for
work. We want
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day-by-day not confrontational trauma—even if
it would lead to life-changing revelation. But drama
exaggerates conflict, pushes situations to their extreme and
leads us to a big turning point.
In a poem entitled Four Great Poets, Robert Francis puts his
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finger on the heart of Frost’s greatness: “His head carved out
of granite O / His hair wayward drifts of snow / He worshipped
the great God of Flow / By holding on and letting go.” Here’s
an example from part of one of Frost’s lesser known pieces,
For Once, Then, Something. In the first half he says friends
rebuke him for looking into a well and seeing only himself,
reflected in the water godlike in a wreath of ferns and cloud
puffs. It’s a criticism that could be aimed at any writer, but what
is as interesting as the meaning of Frost’s reply is this sense of
movement that carries the reader forward to the climatic end.
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DHAKA: Hosts Bangladesh will meet Pakistan in the opening
match of the four-nation Asia Cup cricket tournament starting
in Dhaka in March, an official said on Monday.
Old rivals Pakistan and India will meet in a mouth-watering
clash on March 18. The Sher-e-Bangla National stadium will
host all the matches, including the inaugural tie on March 12
and the final on March 22, Asian Cricket Council chief
executive Syed Ashraful Huq said. “All teams including India
and Pakistan have confirmed their participation,” he said.
India won the last edition of the tournament in Dambulla in Sri
Lanka in June 2010.
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