Replying to LO29929 --
At, thanks for your reply:
> Now you have shone the light on something which i felt was absent
> from this thread. Your "fierce joy" might perhaps be described as
> the joy when commitment and perseverance results in victory. What
> about "ecstasy" to describe it?
That might be a good word. A slight correction, though: I was focusing
not on the victory, but on the experience of striving for it. Bill
Russell's comments express that; he refers to the flow of the game, not
the outcome. (Indeed, you might enjoy ;^) considering his description of
such a game in terms of the 7Es.) I was looking for a descriptive term to
express the intensity of the experience, along with the feeling of
"rightness" that accompanies it.
May your striving be joyful,
--Don Dwiggins "Solvitur Ambulando" d.l.dwiggins@computer.org
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