more re MDMD Dixon's nonviolence

[s~Z]

>>>The sense is passive, of course, despite my misstatement -- I
place
something there and it stays there --  the "oncoming Face" is
moving, in
Pynchon's text if not yours.

The mover places the 10 foot Bosendorfer grand in the room where
it awaits
the oncoming pianist.  That piano is not going anywhere after it's
been
placed there.  She places the dinner plate in front of me where it
awaits
the oncoming fork.<<<

So, in your reading, Doug, what is Dixon doing when he places his
fist? What is the purpose of him placing it thusly, and why as a
fist?

The piano is placed so it can be played.

The dinner is placed so it can be eaten.

Why is the fist placed?