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[Claude William Genest <genest@together.net>]

Rick wrote: the ethics were what separate Pc from other design systems.

Claude asks : What other design systems ?

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 Rick Wrote: Biodynamics has been mentioned in this thread-
> while I find lots of things in BD that feel very solid and good, intriguing
> and inspiring, (and in the mix of early 20th. Century religo-psychological
> cliche some good laughs) I think at times there is dogma and *MYSTIFICATION*
> involved. For example: sheet mulching isn't a good idea because "it's too
> much chaos" and urine can't be used in compost because it's "too much ego".

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> Claude replies :  This dogmatism is the result of either/or thinking which
says "either "the best ( and nothing but the best! ) or nothing".....
Steiner/BD may suggest that this or that practice may be "the best" but it
does not then follow that other practices are therefore "bad"..... The
perfectionistic bent of BD is well known, doesn't mean it's right or useful
or even mandated by Steiner, just a reflection of how some people approach
things. People are often concerned to "get it right" becuase our education
taught us that if it wasn't right, it was wrong.... If sheet mulching is
"chaotic" simply apply some BD preps to harmonize it.... I still see PC and
BD as a perfect marriage.... combining design with the preps; the Germanic
attention to detail with the Loosie-goosie Permie style; yin with yang;
Spirit with instinct;  Tarzan with Buddha....
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