Zen and the Last Hurrah II. Our Trip Following the ZMM Route Summer 2006.

On SAME Bikes As Narrator and John Sutherland.
[What we call, "Zen and the Last Hurrah II",] has been a wonderful interlude in our lives. We have followed someone else’s epic and enjoyed it immensely. The bikes also seemed to have enjoyed the exercise by performing so well and so willingly. .... [We also had] .... many of the Pirsig experiences. Apart from the roads and towns being mostly unchanged, we’d also shimmed a slipping mirror with a piece of coke can and the Honda had fractured its chainguard, just like theirs did. We’d seen what they saw and felt what they felt. I might not have had the deep and meaningful insights to share like Robert Pirsig but we had passed through back-roads America and loved it. The people had been so friendly, the life and vistas wonderful. The food…distinctly average but it could have been us, ...
By Des Molloy, an independent contractor in New Zeeland.
The Last Hurrah
248 Sutherland Rd,
Lyall Bay
Wellington NZ. 6022

NOTE: So far as I know, you "are the only people to have ridden the ride using
restored period Honda and BMW motorcycles. Mr. Molloy says "My news is that I have completed the manuscript for what I hope will be my upcoming book on our [Last Hurrah] Zen ride of 2006. I have a couple of litersy agents in the US looking at it now. It is early days but I am quite pleased with." So we all wish Des much good luck on finding their publisher!!!

Purchase information re their ZMM Ride DVD & book + email contact information on the next link, which is their home page:
http://www.thelasthurrah.co.nz
A link to their essay is in my Main Menu at upper left, or click next below:
-http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/Documents/TheLastHurrahII

D) Photos and Travel Experience of Yours Truly Henry Gurr, WebMaster ZMMQ. Just So You Don’t Miss Them Here Is My Own Story.

1) My Story Of What It Was like to Travel the ZMM Route and What I learned.
http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/Documents/HsgZmm02Trip

2) Scroll Down To Second Album = “My Research Photos” Illustrating the ACTUAL Scenes of ZMM..
http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/albums.php

3) Scroll Down To Third Album = “Non-ZMM Experiences” for Photos Illustrating My PERSONAL Experiences Along the ZMMRoute
http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/albums.php

D) History and Extensive Information re Honda 305 Motorcycle, and It's Japanese Designer, Mr Soichiro Honda. Also. Has Other Pirsig & ZMM Resources, As well as parts & repair information.

This is a good site for extensive information re history of the Honda 305 Motorcycles and it's designer: Mr. Soichiro Honda, an article you should be sure to read. Also has where to get parts, manuals, sell your cycle, and see photos of various 305's owned by people around the globe. Site has good review of ZMM and many links.
When I recently complimented Mr. Michael Stoic on how much I liked the Honda information on his http://www.honda305.com/ site, he replied to my email as follows: "It's great to know that the old Honda continues to inspire interest both in the literary and riding crowds (not mutually exclusive). In the month of June, 2008, honda305.com received in excess of 600,000 hits and I am confident they were NOT all from people looking for parts." ........ I built the bulk of honda305 during the 1997 and 1999 span of years, but I continue to add and edit as new information arrives (and time allows). I will certainly incorporate the information and links you have sent me. Realistically, I'd estimate the revisions to take place once the cold weather arrives; I am a rider (primarily BMW, these days) and the summer months are pretty much spoken for, leisurewise. .. Thank you for including me in the communication chain on this topic! Michael Stoic honda305.com .
PS A few years ago, I authored the initial CB77 article on Wikipedia, seeing there was nothing there, at the time. Since then the article underwent a number of inevitable revisions, of course, but I am proud to see that the bulk of text remains as I've originally written it.
A good place to start viewing Mr Stoic's site are the following: AND be sure to follow all 6 links in the boxes at upper right on this page:
http://honda305.com/pirsig/index.htm
http://www.honda305.com/frames/zen-hld1
htmhttp://www.honda305.com/zen/

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You Might Want A Real Book In Your Hands!

Be Sure To Try Amazon.com "Look Inside the Book"! This really wonderful search tool at Amazon.com is available for nearly all books (including ZMM). For example this neat "tool":

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This Page Gives a Brief Description of (And Links To) Many Good and Interesting Internet Resources Concerning Robert Pirsig and His Book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance ( ZMM).

(Revised 28 Jan 2008)

A) My software used to produce this website summarized on my Acknowledgements Page.

Three Very Interesting NPR Interviews of Robert Pirsig: Here Is Where You Can Hear his voice in an Audio Recording, and discover he can be quite enthusiastic and engaging.

A) For Robert Pirsig voice in two different NPR interviews, scroll to links after you click here:

B) For Robert Pirsig newspaper interview by Tim Adams in The Observer/Guardian (Manchester & Now also London) Newspaper Sunday November 19, 2006, be sure to go to long version last of links at the bottom of the page, after you click here:

C) New Links Fall 05: A Successful Pirsig Rethinks Life of Zen and Science.

After what he describes as a lifetime of humiliation that culminated in a breakdown, Robert M. Pirsig now faces the prospect of learning to mentally live with his live as a famous author. The same interview is available at any of the following:
1) http://www.psybertron.org/pirsig%201974%20interview.htm
2) http://www.moq.org/links/links.html
3) http://www.concordnorth.ca/NewFiles/E-Books/times_article.txt

A) A Timeline of Pirsig’s Life

B) Take Lots of Time To Study Ian Glendinnings' "Pirsig Pages" for one of the most extensive online collections of ZMM & Pirsig Resources, including an annotated map of the ZMM Route.
http://www.psybertron.org/pirsigpages.html

C) Tribute To Dean Maynard E. Pirsig, Robert Pirsig's Father, University of Minnesota Law School

D) More History About Maynard E. Pirsig, who was Robert M. Pirsig's Father. Their was, once-upon-a-time, a web page called "History Maynard E. Pirsig". Unfortunately this site is no longer working, but I am trying to locate where it may be found. If you have any information to offer please contact me. Those persons who have access to Law Libraries might consult the University of Minnesota Law School book/journal => “In Pursuit of Excellence -- A History of the University of Minnesota Law School, Part IV, The Pirsig Years.-- A Time of Transition.” Volume 63, MINN. L. REV. 229 (1979). For more information you may contact me, HenryG**aiken.sc.edu I have collected much additional information about Robert M. Pirsig and Dean Maynard E. Pirsig.

A) Twelve Color Photos of John, Sylvia, Chris and Author Robert Pirsig from their Original 1968 Trip

B) Black and White Photograph of Robert Pirsig and Chris on their 1964 Honda Super Hawk motorcycle (Grey, Chrome, and Black.

This Was Placed on Web Long Ago And Still Has a High Google Rating Despite Nearly All 8 Of It's Links Are Broken!
A long time ago, ~1995, this site had many interesting links concerning "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" and its author Robert Pirsig. However, most of the links there have suffered “link rot” and no longer work. If you know where to recover any of these web resources, please let me know. This site comes up very high in Google Searches, despite its non-working links and fact that it only has one photo and a black and white one at that. This demonstrates the holding power of an early start and many, many sites that still link to here after all these years!!
Click here for http://www.levity.com/corduroy/pirsig.htm

C) Photo of Robert Pirsig, author of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"

Free Internet DownLoad: Complete "Full Text" of book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, By Robert Pirsig. These Two Reliable WebSites Offer Free Internet Version of the Complete Text of Book.

With this text saved (by copy and paste) into your computer word processor, you will have a great resource for ZMM study & research. For example: a) You can do word searches for any word. 2) Or do a word count. (To do this, do an "Edit > find-replace" for your target word. CAUTION: Since this may, by some mistake, alter your ZMM copy shown on your computer screen, Do NOT "save" this version.

A) Below Are Instructions To Get ZMM "Full Text". But You Will need a "Word Processor" In Your Computer.

Just in case you don't already have in your computer a Word Processor (Such as MicroSoft Word, K Word, or Word Perfect), Highly Recommended & Free AbiWord

B) This Full ZMM Text "Comes-Up" As One Continuous Page of Text, and This Good For "Copy & Paste" of the whole book Into Your Computer Word Processor. Getting "Your Own Copy" In Your Own Computer Is HIGHLY Recommended!!

Instructions to load the complete ZMM text into your computer: (File size ~1.03 mb.)

http://www.design.caltech.edu/Misc/pirsig.html

C) Full ZMM Text Presented Page by Page, For Occasional Reading In "RealTime": HTML Version of “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”

D) Corrected Version ZMM Full Text, Available To Serious ZMM Researchers & Academics.

I have a corrected version of the full ZMM Text which originally came from above mentioned CalTech site. My version has corrected perhaps 30 typographical errors, Added "Chapter", at start of each Chapter, (to aid in searching for a particular Chapter.), plus various word counts, and listings of Pirsig own unique invented words. I will supply my version to serious ZMM Researchers & Academics upon request.

Or You Might Want A Real Book In Your Hands!

A) ZMM Is Available In Most Public & University Libraries And Regular Bookstores. Or You Can Order the Paper Printed Version of ZMM At Many Online Bookstores Online.
Nearly all bookstores or libraries will have a copy of ZMM on their shelves. Just ask. Also Google will find for you many, many Internet Book Sellers that offer the ZMM Book for sale. However, since I extensively use Amazon.com as my routine book information source and various "look-inside-the-book" searches, I feel it is only fair to give Amazon a recommendation here. While you are at the following Amazon Page, be sure to read the ZMM Reviews at the very bottom of the page that comes up.

B) A search on Amazon.com will find many different versions of ZMM: paperback, hardcover, mass-market paperback (the pink copy) as well as other books related to ZMM and Pirsig. (Note; Thru C) the years I extensively use Amazon.com for reviews and other information. Thus I owe Amazon this support herein. They have more than earned it, because of their great information sources re practically any book, sort of a public service, which I have used so freely.)

D) Amazon.com “Search Inside the Book”: This really wonderful search tool at Amazon.com is available for nearly all books (including ZMM). For example this neat "tool":

1) Shows what books are cited in ZMM, & conversely, what books cite ZMM itself.
2) Explores Citations, Look at ZMM Concordance and ZMM word statistics.
3) Rates reading difficulty by various methods.
5) Has list of key ZMM Phrases and Unusual Words and Concepts.
6) Shows photos of the Front and Back Covers, as well as index.
7) Conducts a search in the book for specific words and phrases. Results are shown in summary page, upon which a click shows entire ZMM page where the searched words occur.
8) Plus many other goodies. Try it. You will like it!
Click here to try Amazon.com “Search Inside the Book” or order your copy ZMM Book In Paperback .

A) Gary Wegner's "ZMM Route" Photo Album and Super Good Maps For Each Day Of Travel.

B) Mark Richardson’s ZMM Route Journal

C) The Site of Two Guys Riding the ZMM Route in July 2004.

D) Photos and Travel Experience of Yours Truly Henry Gurr, WebMaster ZMMQ.

1) My Story Of What It Was like to Travel the ZMM Route and What I learned.

2) Scroll Down To Second Album = “My Research Photos” Illustrating the ACTUAL Scenes of ZMM..

3) Scroll Down To Third Album = “Non-ZMM Experiences” for Photos Illustrating My PERSONAL Experiences Along the ZMMRoute

A) Gary Wegner's "ZMM Route" Photo Album and Super Good Maps For Each Day Of Travel.

B) Glendinning Annotated ZMM Route Map

See also Psybertron’s Pirsig Pages for one of the most extensive online collections of ZMM, & Pirsig resources, & Mr. Glendinning’s efforts to construct a new management science based on ZMM (in part).

C) A Collection Of Google Aerial Photos of ZMM Route and Other Links and Information.

A) Miles City, Montana Links Many of these pages include good photographs indicated by **.

Miles City Historic Walking Tour **
http://www.his.state.mt.us/shpo/community/miles%20city/MilesCity.htm

An 1883 Hand Painted Aerial View of Miles City (Click to Enlarge)**

Photos of Miles City and Surrounding Countryside. **
Note: You click on the choices and then click on thumb photos. Some photos are specifically Miles City.

Single Photo of Custer County Court House. ** http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtphotos/courthouse/custer-miles-city-courthouse.htm

Miles City, Montana General Information at Chamber of Commerce Site. For an especially good Miles City History Article.

A Very Nice Capsule Summery if Miles City Montana from Rand-McNally Map Web Page. This site also has a Web "Map Presenter" for this town and many other areas of USA.http://www.randmcnally.com/rmc/explore/exploreCityMain.jsp?poi_id=227000324

On Mapquest, click on “Aerial View” and go to Zoom Level 9 for good view of Yellowstone River, Miles City, I-94, and surrounding irrigated fields! To see road map of same area, click on "Street Map" at upper left of the map you are looking at.
Aerial View Miles City, MT. Note Green from irrigation and green of mountainous area East of Town.

A) A Site to Share and Learn about Robert Pirsig and his Literary Works

B) Psybertron’s Pirsig Pages, An Extensive Collection of ZMM & Pirsig Resources

This website (already praised above) was created by Ian Glendinning (a time-management expert), puts together an impressive array of ZMM and Pirsig information. Included are a timeline of Robert Pirsig’s life and an annotated map of the ZMM route (mentioned above). This is an essential resources for researching and understanding Robert Pirsig and his two books ZMM and LILA. And ... well ... that is precisely why these resources were created: Dr. Glendinning discovered ZMM as an assigned text in his Graduate Degree Program, and he is now embarking on a major research effort to apply ZMM to the general problem of Enlightened Management in our troubled times. I can't say "Quality Management," because this is now a horribly "abused term." (See below for Anthony Mc Watt's webpage on British Schools.) And of course, these are exactly the troubles that Pirsig pointed to us in ZMM and LILA. Peruse Psybertron’s Pirsig Pages by going here http://www.psybertron.org/pirsigpages.html

C) An Academic PhD Philosophical Study of Robert Pirsig's "Metaphysics of Quality (MOQ)".

D) History and Extensive Information re Honda 305 Motorcycle. Has Other Pirsig & ZMM Resources

E) Pirsig & ZMM Resources

F) "Will the Real Richard McKeon Please Stand Up?"

G) What is the Quality Event?

H) Perceptions of Quality: Further Exploration of Robert M. Pirsig's Metaphysics of Quality

I) How Does Quality Relate to Social Evolution?

J) Weather & Landscape Serve To Telegraph Ones Inner Thinking.

K) ZMM and the Crisis of Reason.

L) Madness as a Literary Device

M) A Site to Share and Learn about Many Philosophical Ideas

These WebPages illustrate how ZMM is used teaching and learning.

How ZMM was used in my Physics Classes.
How ZMM is used in Schools and Universities around the USA and a few other countries.

A) "The Church of the Minorites" by Lionel Feininger.

Useful Miscellaneous Information

A) Michael Polanyi, Is An Author Who, In Many Ways, Is Saying What Robert Pirsig Said.

B) Here Is What Wikipedia Says About Professor Michel Polanyi.

C) Owen Barfield, Is An Author Who, In Many Ways, Is Saying What Robert Pirsig Said.

D) A Guide to Mostly Free Online U.S. Geospatial Maps and Attribute Data

E) Find what you're looking for fast at Shortest Path, a Web Search Engine.

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My New Save Energy Guide Web Pages on
http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/SaveEnergyGuide

(Revised 30 June 2007)

A) My software used to produce this website summarized on my Acknowledgements Page .
B) The Technology We Use (And Highly Recommend) With Full Explanations How Get It and How To Use Are Here.
C) Photos and discussion how we got started, the software we use, photos of example pages of my software being used, and some of the problems encountered are in these Gallery Photos Here

http://www.psybertron.org/timeline.html

I have already mentioned above Psybertron’s Pirsig Pages for one of the most extensive online collections of ZMM & Pirsig resources, including an annotated map of the ZMM Route.
http://www.psybertron.org/pirsigpages.html

Where to Find Complete Full Text of book “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.” Available As a Free Internet DownLoad.

Two Reliable WebSites Offer Free Internet Version of the Complete Text of Book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance".

The following two websites have the complete text of the book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert Pirsig. With this text saved into your computer word processor (by copy and paste), you will have a great resource for any search inside, or other study you may want to perform inside this book.

This Full ZMM Text "Comes-Up" As One Continuous Page of Text, and This Good For "Copy & Paste" Into Your Computer Word Processor (eg Highly Recommended & Free AbiWord or MS Word.).

Instructions to load the complete ZMM text into your computer: (File size ~1.03 mb.)
1) Bring up this webpage on the screen of your computer.
2) Then use the following steps:
3) At the top left of your Web Browser, Click Edit>Select All. Then Click Edit>Copy. 4) Then bring up your Favorite Word Processor and Click Edit>Paste into a new blank page in your word processor.
4) Once this Complete ZMM Text is in your computer word processor, click File > Save-As.
5)Then you can then search for selected portions of the ZMM book using you word processor search function. Click here for

 http://www.design.caltech.edu/Misc/pirsig.html 

Full ZMM Text Presented Page by Page For Reading Realtime: HTML Version of “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”

Corrected Version ZMM Full Text, Available To Serious ZMM Researchers & Academics.

I have a corrected version of the full ZMM Text (originally from CalTech site) and will supply it to serious ZMM Researchers & Academics upon request.

NOTE: Many websites show links to the full text of the ZMM book. However many such sites no longer work. Send email to: henryg_aiken.sc.edu for other links to ZMM sites that currently do supply the full text. Below are two long standing and very reliable sources for the full text of ZMM.

Or You Might Want A Real Book! ZMM Is Available In Most Public & University Libraries And Regular Bookstores. Or you Can Order the Paper Printed Version of ZMM At Many Online Bookstores Online.

Nearly all bookstores or libraries will have a copy of ZMM on their shelves. Just ask. Also Google will find for you many, many Internet Book Sellers that offer the ZMM Book for sale. However, since I extensively use Amazon.com as my routine book information source and various "look-inside-the-book" searches, I feel it is only fair to give Amazon a recommendation here. While you are there be sure to read the ZMM Reviews at the very bottom of the page that comes up.

A search on Amazon.com will find many different versions of ZMM: paperback, hardcover, mass-market paperback (the pink copy) as well as other books related to ZMM and Pirsig. (Note; Thru the years I extensively use Amazon.com for reviews and other information. Thus I owe them this support herein. They have more than earned it, because of their public service which I have used so freely.]

Amazon.com “Search Inside the Book”: This really wonderful search tool at Amazon.com is available for nearly all books (including ZMM). For example this neat "tool":

1) Shows what books are cited in ZMM, & conversely, what books cite ZMM itself.
2) Explores Citations, Look at ZMM Concordance and ZMM word statistics.
3) Rates reading difficulty by various methods.
5) Has list of key ZMM Phrases and Unusual Words and Concepts.
6) Shows photos of the Front and Back Covers, as well as index.
7) Conducts a search in the book for specific words and phrases. Results are shown in summary page, upon which a click shows entire ZMM page where the searched words occur.
8) Plus many other goodies. Try it. You will like it!
Click here to try Amazon.com “Search Inside the Book” or order your copy ZMM Book In Paperback .

Fellow ZMM Travelers

Below are photos and travel reports of persons who have actually traveled the “ZMM Route”. Gennie DeWeese calls them “Pirsig Pilgrims”! I am always interested in stories Anecdotes and Memoirs - Vignettes and observations of persons who have traveled the ZMM Route or have known Robert Pirsig or other information re ZMM. If you know any one who has Traveled the ZMM Route or other information/suggestions, Do not hesitate to Contact Me. (see link bottom left) Please Send Me Your Story & Anecdotes!! Very likely I will post Your Experiences On My Site!! I want to hear from you, no matter how small or large.

In 1978, English Professor Gary Wegner followed took photographs along the route described in the book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". He has created a very wonderful series of maps of the ZMM Route. These maps, one for each day of Pirsig's travel, show very accurately, in great detail, how to follow Pirsig's original route. Also available are his wonderful series of 74 Color Photos, which were taken just three years after the ZMM book came out in 1975. After you click on the link below you will see Gary opening the door of ominous foreboding and old Montana Hall with very wonderful music reflecting the dark mood of this Montana State University Building. (Be sure to have your sound system turned on and volume up part way. You will want to hear this music!! If you want to hear the music again, hit the "refresh" at upper left of your browser or reenter the URL address at top center.) After about a minute, the music will fade and you should click on "Enter" on the door. A “Full Route Map” will come up. Click on Day 1 at upper left to see a map of the ZMM Route for the first day. To get the next day, type-in the next highest number in the URL box at top. Gary’s photos are accessed by clicking on the highlighted words below the respective map. (Professor Wenger's 1978 trip started in Minneapolis, but he was not able to go beyond Bozeman.) His color photos show excellent views of his travel and most especially show the interior of Montana Hall. This is the building in which ZMM author Robert Pirsig taught his English Rhetoric Classes while professor at Montana State University. These are especially valuable photographs, because the old classrooms of this venerated building have been totally changed to other uses and are no longer there! They were made into offices by extensive renovations soon after Professor Wegner's trip.

In ZMM, Pirsig describes so well his feelings of shear panic as he goes up the steps of the old building where he once taught English classes years earlier. This is the ominous old brick building called Montana Hall. He tells us how he and Chris are spooked as opens he opens and the front door of this creaky old building. The last photo you see on Professor Wegner's site for Day 6, is in fact this very door of this very same Montana Hall.
Click here for Professor Wegner's Site:
http://zamm.home.att.net/index2.htm

((Special note: A year or so ago, Professor Wegner changed the "Entry Page" for his WebSite to this one http://zamm.home.att.net/ I thought his previous "Enter Page, with that "Click to Enter" was too good to miss. So I asked him to PLEASE re-establish his old entry page complete with that old music. I wanted every one to see that spooky door and simultaneously hear this wonderful mysterious music, to prepare for the journey to come. If you like it, please email him, in care of me, and I will forward it to Professor Wegner.)) His other "Entry Page" is here http://zamm.home.att.net/

In the summer of 2003, Professor Wegner again traveled the Beartooth Pass portion of the ZMM Route. His 2003 photos seem to be no longer available.

Professor Wegner stated in a recent email: "The LINK on picture [#32 of above mentioned Web Page] has caused me to plan another trip to the Beartooth this spring. As soon as the plows open the pass, we plan to traverse it once again. He says "By the way, for a look at some Beartooth pictures circa 5/1/03, check out" these http://www.mtpolitics.net/beartooth2.html

NOTE: Professor Wegner’s excellent series of maps (and music) work very well on following internet browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firebird Browser (on either a Windows or Macintosh Computer), and Safari Browser on a Mac Computer. These maps may not work with other Browser versions. Please let us know if you have any information.

Mark Richardson, a motorcycle and auto editor and writer for the Toronto Star, started out on the ZMM Route Monday July 19th, 2004. This photo album from our gallery, documents his trip. http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=MarkRichardson

During the ride, they took super hi-quality pictures and posted daily reports on the site to get the most recent impression available. They stated “I hope we agree that this is maybe a fitting way to honour the spirit of Mr. Pirsig's work.” (Of course I agreed!) They hope Mr. Pirsig and all persons who visit their WebPages will sign their Guestbook! After you click here, Be Sure To Click On ENGLISH: http://www.zenride.com . (ALTERNATIVELY, you will get the same Web Pages if you click here for http://www.phaedrus-way.com

The ZMM Route Shown In Annotated Maps.

http://zamm.home.att.net/Contents.htm

Dr. Ian Glendinning, of Psybertron.org, has created an annotated map of the "ZMM Route". It has a narrative summary of ZMM. The map shows the route, city names, state boundaries, rivers and other topographical land features like forests etc, as well as the ZMM Route itself shown in color. Although the map is small, it good resource to research and understand Robert Pirsig and his two books ZMM and LILA. The “Annotated Map," comes up on your computer screen with the MAP (bottom half of screen) and the correlated "Time / Place / ZMM Narrative” in Word Box” (top half of screen). Follow the instructions and take some time to explore this resource which comes up nicely on a variety of computers, even old ones! Go here to view the ZMM route map
http://www.psybertron.org/zammjourneyframe.html

Especially be sure to click on “Timeline” for full bio information of Robert Pirsig’s life. Very complete and. Interesting!!
http://www.psybertron.org/timeline.html
Much more Pirsig and ZMM info here
http://www.psybertron.org/pirsigpages.html

A Collection Of Google Aerial Photos of ZMM Route and Other Links and Information.

These aerial photos are really spectacular. They are a good resource, but it takes a while to get through them. They show each indicated town and the surrounding countryside, but the ZMM Route itself is Not Indicated. Only the person who already knows the route would be able to pick it out.

Mapquest Has Similar Aerial Photos that are just as good, but there is no place that shows you the ZMM Route. Click on "Aerial Image" in small window in page center, when this Map of Minneapolis comes up:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&address=&city=Minneapolis&state=MN

Interesting Places Along the ZMM Route:

Because I Was Searching the Web For Needed Photos, I Happened To Discover These Places Mostly In Miles City, Montana. But I Will Add Links For Other Towns If You Send Them To Me.

See also the photo captions of my Album, “Sights and Scenes Along the ZMM Route”, for more vastly many more links related to specific towns traveled along the ZMM route.

Miles City, Montana Links Many of these pages include good photographs indicated by **.

• Miles City Historic Walking Tour http://www.his.state.mt.us/shpo/community/miles%20city/MilesCity.htm

• Photos of Miles City and Surrounding Countryside.

A Very Nice Capsule Summery if Miles City Montana from Rand-McNally Map Web Page. http://www.randmcnally.com/rmc/explore/exploreCityMain.jsp?poi_id=227000324

This website, created by Ian Glendinning (a time-management expert), puts together an impressive array of ZMM and Pirsig information. Included are a timeline of Robert Pirsig’s life and an annotated map of the ZMM route (mentioned above). This is an essential resources for researching and understanding Robert Pirsig and his two books ZMM and LILA. And ... well ... that is precisely why these resources were created: Dr. Glendinning discovered ZMM as an assigned text in his Graduate Degree Program, and he is now embarking on a major research effort to apply ZMM to the general problem of Enlightened Management in our troubled times. I can't say "Quality Management," because this is now a horribly "abused term." (See below for Anthony Mc Watt's webpage on British Schools.) And of course, these are exactly the troubles that Pirsig pointed to us in ZMM and LILA. Peruse Psybertron’s Pirsig Pages by going here http://www.psybertron.org/pirsigpages.html

You will find much, much, more additional information concerning ZMM and Pirsig if you search around. Also on this site are Dr. Glendinning's wide-ranging interests reported in his regular "Blogs." Click here for http://www.psybertron.org/

So you don't miss important stuff, be sure to click on the "News" and "MOQ" Links of Dr. Mc Watt's homepage at:
http://robertpirsig.org/
Furthermore, Dr. McWatt has an excellent Web Article on the Miss-Use of the word “Quality” in the British Schools and Universities.
http://robertpirsig.org/MOQEducation.htm

An article from the University of Chicago magazine about the man who purportedly served as the model for who ZMM's Phaedrus called "The Chairman". This professor was the Chair of the U of C Academic Program called "Committee for the Analysis of Ideas and Study of Methods", at The University of Chicago.

This website serves as the homepage for the book "Lila's Child: An Inquiry into Quality," Lila is Dan Glover's compilation of "Lila Squad" online postings. This book is essentially an edited version of several years of email interchange, much like those currently here: (On left of the page that comes up)click on the "Browse the MD archives" http://www.moq.org/ ..( I personally do not get much out of these current exchanges or Lila’s Child, now called MOQ Discuss.)
In addition to a huge listing of links to essays and other resources, this site also offers Glover's original essays ranging from the literary, comparing Pirsig's work with other authors, to the philosophical, parsing out the MOQ. A Lila study guide index and "Lila Squad" archives are two other valuable resources at:
http://members.tripod.com/~Glove_r/Bohr.html

ZMMinSchools?

ZMM In Schools.

ZMM author, Robert Pirsig, has many connections to Minneapolis, MN. Hanging in Phaedrus' English Dept. Office, at Montana State University-Bozeman was a reproduction of painting named "The Church of the Minorites" by Lionel Feininger. Here is what Pirsig said in ZMM: "…… not a painting, it's a print of a painting he ordered from New York and which DeWeese had frowned at because it was a print and prints are of art and not art themselves, a distinction he didn't recognize at the time. But the print, Feininger's 'Church of the Minorites,' had an appeal to him that was irrelevant to the art in that its subject, a kind of Gothic cathedral, created from semiabstract lines and planes and colors and shades, seemed to reflect his mind's vision of the Church of Reason and that was why he'd put it here. All this comes back now. This was his office………."(ZMM page 143).

Bill Paton sent me the following email: "There is a painting in …the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis where Robert Pirsig is from. It is "The Church of the Minorites II" by Lyonel Feininger and is undoubtedly the print that Pirsig had on the wall."

Click here for ZMM Quality Gallery’s Photo.
“The Church of the Minorites II.” (Yes in ZMM, I do believe.)

Click here for the Walker Art Center’s Photo. “The Church of the Minorites II.” Yes in ZMM, I do believe.)

For the Walker Art Center's Home Page in Minneapolis, MN, go here.

For examples of other paintings by Lionel Feininger, click here.

Michael Polanyi, Is An Author Who, In Many Ways, Is Saying What Robert Pirsig Said.

Here Is What Wikipedia Says About Professor Michel Polanyi.

From the mid-1930s, Polanyi began to articulate his opposition to the prevailing positivist account of science, arguing that it failed to recognize the part played by tacit knowing and the creative role played by the imagination. Tacit knowledge and explicit knowledge were held coefficient, coexistent and indivisible.

Polanyi embraced the existence of objective truth (Personal Knowledge, p. 16). However, he criticised the notion that there is such a thing as the scientific method. Given the important, even necessary, role that a scientist's personal skills, biases, and passions play in the discovery process, Polanyi argued that knowing is personal. More here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Polanyi

Owen Barfield, Is An Author Who, In Many Ways, Is Saying What Robert Pirsig Said.

I am studying more about the relation of the thought of these two authors and invite persons interested to contact me. My Professor Henry Gurr Home Page has several links to more information on Owen Barfield. Use Edit > Search [Barfield] on
http://www.usca.edu/math/~mathdept/hsg

(This has nothing to do directly with ZMM.)

Find what you're looking for fast at Shortest Path, a Web Search Engine.

http://www.shortestpath.us

END. (revised 30 June 2007)

This Page Gives a Brief Description And Links To Many Good and Interesting Internet Resources Concerning Robert Pirsig and His Book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance ( ZMM).

First off, many thanks to Paul Lewis for suggesting this website and guided it’s construction over the last 5 years.

Paul is Reference Librarian, Webmaster, and Computer Guru Extraordinaire here at the University of South Carolina Aiken. Paul is the person who originally pointed out the wonderful website server software PmWiki and php Gallery. You will be most interested in Paul’s news analysis and explanation of the many virtues of many, good, reliable, & free “open source” software downloads at: http://opensource.usca.edu

You May Learn More About The Software I Use.

My software used to produce this website on my "Acknowledgements" page (Click It in Main Menu at left). Also more about the software I use and demonstrations of it’s use are at http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=ZMMQplanning

At the two links below, you will find basic encyclopedia type information about Robert Pirsig and ZMM. You will see that "Wikipedia" is an excellent web based encyclopedia plus many good Pirsig web Links. It is continually updated by experts who willingly share their knowledge, their time and their energy, for the benefit of all! And you can't beat the price, because like many high quality "volunteer community efforts" on the web, it's free! As is emphasized in ZMM, quality comes from people who care. Incidentally, this is true for the authors of nearly all websites concerning Pirsig and ZMM. These web volunteers care, and that makes all the difference in the world! Ditto for the abovementioned OpenSource Software.) You might consider contributing your knowledge to the Wikipedia!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pirsig
B) For ZMM Book history and links click here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance

Special Note: Both of the above two Wikipedia Pages Have Links For Two Very Interesting NPR Interviews of Robert Pirsig. Here Is Were You Can Hear his voice in an Audio Recording.

Thanks to Gary Wegner for placing this Robert Pirsig information on Wikipedia.
C) For Robert Pirsig voice in NPR interview go to links after you click here:

D) For Robert Pirsig newspaper interview by Tim Adams in The Observer/Guardian (Manchester & Now also London) Newspaper Sunday November 19, 2006, be sure to go to long version last of links at the bottom of the page, after you click here:

Pirsig Personal

Pirsig FAQ

Some of the most frequently asked Pirsig and ZMM questions are answered here here.

A Timeline of Pirsig’s Life

The website Psybertron, created by Ian Glendinning (a time-management expert), has a wonderful "Time Line" of the major events in ZMM author Robert Pirsig's life. It is the most extensive, detailed, and well researched that I have seen! His timeline is a much-needed resource to research and understand Robert Pirsig and his two books ZMM and LILA. I have already mentioned this above with link.
http://www.psybertron.org/timeline.html

I have already mentioned above Psybertron’s Pirsig Pages for one of the most extensive online collections of ZMM & Pirsig resources, including an annotated map of the ZMM Route. http://www.psybertron.org/pirsigpages.html

A Tribute To Dean Maynard E. Pirsig, Robert Pirsig's Father, University of Minnesota Law School

Click here for Tribute Dean Maynard E. Pirsig http://www.moq.org/links/LinkData/DeanPirsigTribute.html
If this link does not work, click here for http://www.moq.org/links/LinkData/DeanPirsigTribute.html

More History About Maynard E. Pirsig, who was Robert M. Pirsig's Father.

Their was, once-upon-a-time, a web page called "History Maynard E. Pirsig". Unfortunately this site is no longer working, but I am trying to locate where it may be found. If you have any information to offer please contact me. Those persons who have access to Law Libraries might consult the University of Minnesota Law School book/journal => “In Pursuit of Excellence -- A History of the University of Minnesota Law School, Part IV, The Pirsig Years.-- A Time of Transition.” Volume 63, MINN. L. REV. 229 (1979). For more information you may contact me, HenryG**aiken.sc.edu I have collected much additional information about Robert M. Pirsig and Dean Maynard E. Pirsig.

New Links Fall 05: A Successful Pirsig Rethinks Life of Zen and Science.

After what he describes as a lifetime of humiliation that culminated in a breakdown, Robert M. Pirsig now faces the prospect of learning to mentally live with his live as a famous author. The same interview is available at any of the following:
A) www.psybertron.org/pirsig%201974%20interview.htm
B) www.moq.org/links/links.html
C) www.concordnorth.ca/NewFiles/E-Books/times_article.txt

Twelve Color Photos of John, Sylvia, Chris and Author Robert Pirsig from their Original 1968 Trip

Here are twelve pictures taken by Robert Pirsig as he, Chris, Sylvia, and John made that 1968 epic voyage described in "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance." I believe these photos were taken in July 1968, while they were actually traveling on that trip. At that time, Pirsig was 39 years old and Chris was 11 years old. John and Sylvia are about the same age as Pirsig. Go here and click on the first album http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/albums.php?set_albumListPage=1 Thanks to Paul Lewis for the installation of ZMM Quality Gallery and Installation of ZMM Quality PM Wiki Pages used for these photos which are incidentally my site.

A Black and White Photograph of Robert Pirsig and Chris Placed on Web Long Ago: Still Has a High Google Rating!

A long time ago, ~1995, this site had many interesting links concerning "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" and its author Robert Pirsig. However, most of the links there have suffered “link rot” and no longer work. If you know where to recover any of these web resources, please let me know. This site comes up very high in Google Searches, despite its non-working links and fact that it only has one photo and a black and white one at that. This demonstrates the holding power of an early start and many, many sites that still link to here after all these years!!

Photo of Robert Pirsig, author of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"

Free Internet Version of the Complete Text of Book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"

The following two websites have the complete text of the book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert Pirsig. With this text saved into your computer word processor (by copy and paste), you will have a great resource for any search inside, or other study you may want to perform inside this book.** I have a corrected version of text from this site and will supply it to serious ZMM Researchers upon request. Many websites show links to the full text of the ZMM book. However many such sites no longer work. Send email to: henryg_aiken.sc.edu for other links to ZMM sites that currently do supply the full text. Below are two long standing and very reliable sources for the full text of ZMM.

HTML Version of “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”

A search on Amazon.com will find many different versions of ZMM: paperback, hardcover, mass-market paperback (the pink copy) as well as other books related to ZMM and Pirsig.

• Note Amazon.com has a neat service for nearly all books (including ZMM) called “Search Inside the Book”. Other useful information, statistical and otherwise, is also available. Click here for amazon.com order ZMM Book In Paper.

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Here are photos and travel reports of persons who have actually traveled the “ZMM Route”. Gennie DeWeese calls them “Pirsig Pirgrims”! I Collect Names, and Stories of Persons Who Have Traveled the ZMM Route. Please Contact Me And Send Me Your Story. Chances Are That You Can Have Your Experiences Posted On My Site!!

Gary Wegner's "ZMM Route" Photo Album and Super Good Maps For Each Day Of Travel.

In 1978, English Professor Gary Wegner followed the route described in the book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". He has created a very wonderful series of maps of the ZMM Route. These maps, one for each day of Pirsig's travel, show very accurately, in great detail, how to follow Pirsig's original route. Also available are his wonderful series of 74 Color Photos, were taken just thee years after the ZMM book came out in 1975. After you click on the link below you will see Gary’s “entry page” with music. (Be sure to have your sound system turned on.) After about a minute, his “Full Route Map” will come up. Click on Day 1 at upper left to see a map of the ZMM Route for the first day. To get the next day, type-in the next highest number in the URL box at top. Gary’s photos are accessed by clicking on the highlighted words below the respective map. (Professor Wenger's 1978 trip started in Minneapolis, but he was not able to go beyond Bozeman.) His color photos show excellent views of his travel and most especially show the interior of Montana Hall. This is the building in which ZMM author Robert Pirsig taught his English Rhetoric Classes while professor at Montana State University. These are especially valuable photographs, because the old classrooms of this venerated building have been totally changed to other uses and are no longer there! They were made into offices by extensive renovations soon after Professor Wegner's trip. See CAUTION NOTE four paragraphs below: Professor Wegner’s Site only works on MS Internet Explorer.
Click here for http://zamm.home.att.net/

In ZMM, Pirsig describes so well his feelings of shear panic as he goes up the steps of the old building where he once taught English classes years earlier. This is the ominous old brick building called Montana Hall. He tells us how he and Chris are spooked as opens he opens and the front door of this creaky old building. The last photo you see on Professor Wegner's site for Day 6, is in fact this very door of this very same Montana Hall. ((Special request to Professor Wegner: You Entry Page for a previous version of you WebSite was wonderful! PLEASE re-establish the old page complete with the old music. You showed the above mentioned spooky door and simultaneously played this wonderful mysterious music. And the visitor had to Mouse click on the yellow “Enter” on the door. In fact I feel this old page was so good that I now make this request! This does not mean you should change your present opening page. Your old opening page could be an added as an alternate way for ZMM enthusiasts to gain entry of your site. This would merely be an other page with just a different URL.))

In the summer of 2003, Professor Wegner again traveled the Beartooth Pass portion of the ZMM Route. His 2003 photos seem to be no longer available.

Professor Wegner stated in a recent email: "The LINK on picture [#32 of above mentioned Web Page] has caused me to plan another trip to the Beartooth this spring. As soon as the plows open the pass, we plan to traverse it once again. He says "By the way, for a look at some Beartooth pictures circa 5/1/03."check out http://www.mtpolitics.net/beartooth2.html

CAUTION: Professor Wegner’s excellent series of maps (and music) work very well ONLY on Microsoft Internet Explorer Browser! These maps (and the music) get left out (with no indication of any error) when I use Mozilla Firebird Browser on either a Windows or Macintosh Computer. These maps likewise do not work with Netscape 4.77 Internet Browser nor Safari (Mac) Browser. No word yet about newer Netscape versions. Click here for his new Map Series http://zamm.home.att.net/Contents.htm

Mark Richardson, a motorcycle and auto editor and writer for the Toronto Star, started out on the ZMM Route Monday July 19th, 2004. This photo album from our gallery, documents his trip. http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=MarkRichardson

The Site of Two Guys Riding the ZMM Route in July 2004.

In the summer of 2004, a duo of motorcyclists from Germany followed the complete ZMM Route on two Harley motorcycles. On 1 July 2004, Franz Schabmueller and Gregor Schleicher, started by renting their motorcycles from "Eaglerider Chicago”. They understand this to be the largest "Harley Rental Dealer" in the States. Then, they rode to Minneapolis soon thereafter to continue their ZMM Trip. Their names and emails are fschabmueller**schabmueller.com and gregor.schleicher**gmx.net (insert appropriate symbol at asterisk; coded to prevent spam).

During the ride, they took pictures and posted daily reports on the site to get the most recent impression available. They stated “I hope we agree that this is maybe a fitting way to honour the spirit of Mr. Pirsig's work.” (Of course I agreed!) They hope Mr. Pirsig and all persons who visit their WebPages will sign their Guestbook! After you click here, Be Sure To Click On ENGLISH: http://www.zenride.com . (ALTERNATIVELY, you will get the same Web Pages if you click here for http://www.phaedrus-way.com

Photos and Travel Experience of Yours Truly Henry Gurr, WebMaster ZMMQ.

Just So You Don’t Miss Them Here Is My Own Story.

A) My Story Of What It Was like to Travel the ZMM Route and What I learned.
http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/Documents/HsgZmm02Trip

B) Scroll Down To Second Album = “My Research Photos” Illustrating the ACTUAL Scenes of ZMM..
http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/albums.php

C) Scroll Down To Third Album = “Non-ZMM Experiences” for Photos Illustrating My PERSONAL Experiences Along the ZMMRoute
http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/albums.php

The ZMM Route Shown In Annotated Maps.

Gary Wegner's "ZMM Route" Photo Album and Super Good Maps For Each Day Of Travel.

Scroll up about 12 inches for links & full discussion of Professor Wegner’s Maps above.
http://zamm.home.att.net/Contents.htm

Glendinning Annotated ZMM Route Map

Dr. Ian Glendinning, of Psybertron.org, has created an annotated map of the "ZMM Route". It has a narrative summary of ZMM. The map shows the route, city names, state boundaries, rivers and other topographical land features like forests etc, as well as the ZMM Route itself shown in color. Although the map is small, it good resource to research and understand Robert Pirsig and his two books ZMM and LILA. The “Annotated Map," comes up on your computer screen with the MAP (bottom half of screen) and the correlated "Time / Place / ZMM Narrative” in Word Box” (top half of screen). Follow the instructions and take some time to explore this resource which comes up nicely on a variety of computers, even old ones! Go here to view the ZMM route map http://www.psybertron.org/zammjourneyframe.html

See also Psybertron’s Pirsig Pages for one of the most extensive online collections of ZMM, & Pirsig resources, & Mr. Glendinning’s efforts to construct a new management science based on ZMM in part.

Especially be sure to click on “Timeline” for full bio information of Robert Pirsig’s life. Very complete and. Interesting!!

 http://www.psybertron.org/pirsigpages.html

A Collection Of Google Aerial Photos of ZMM Route and Other Links and Information.

These aerial photos are a good resource, but it takes a while to get through them. They show each indicated town and the surrounding countryside, but the ZMM Route itself is Not Indicated. Only the person who already knows the route would be able to pick it out.
http://www.bartneck.de/work/researchProjects/pirsig/index.html

Interesting Places Along the ZMM Route.

(See also my Album, “Sights and Scenes Along the ZMM Route”, for more links related to specific towns traveled.)

Miles City, Montana Links Many of these pages include good photographs indicated by *.

• Miles City Historic Walking Tour http://www.his.state.mt.us/shpo/community/miles%20city/MilesCity.htm

This link not working as of 10 Jan 07. I hope it is restored.
http://www.snapshotsofthepast.com/milescitymontana1883panoramicmap.html

• Photos of Miles City and Surrounding Countryside.
  Note: You click on the choices and then click on thumb photos. Some photos are specifically Miles City.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtphotos/custer/

• Single Photo of Custer County Court House. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtphotos/courthouse/custer-miles-city-courthouse.htm

A Testament to the Well Built & Very Enjoyable Buildings in Miles City http://www.montanamagazine.com/0104/outlook.html

Miles City, Montana General Information at Chamber of Commerce Site.
For an especially good Miles City History Article.
Click on History in menu at left.
http://www.mcchamber.com/

A Very Nice Capsule Summery if Miles City Montana from Rand-Mc Nally Map Web Page. http://www.randmcnally.com/rmc/explore/exploreCityMain.jsp?poi_id=227000324

The above site, as well have a Web "Map Presenter" for this town and many other areas of USA. On Mapquest, click on “aerial photo” and go to Zoom Level 9 for good view of Yellowstone River, Town, I-94, and surrounding irrigated fields.!
http://www.mapquest.com/

According to the “Metaphysics of Quality” (MOQ) website, "MOQ.org exists to provide a forum for discussion and study of the Metaphysics of Quality as proposed by Robert M Pirsig in his books Lila [An Inquiry into MORALS] and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, An Inquiry Into Values". There is a great deal of information here as well as large number discussion forums and archives. Much to explore in its many pages and extensive links!! Click here for http://www.moq.org/

This website, created by Ian Glendinning (a time-management expert), puts together an impressive array of ZMM and Pirsig information. Included are a timeline of Robert Pirsig’s life and an annotated map of the ZMM route (mentioned above). This is an essential resources for researching and understanding Robert Pirsig and his two books ZMM and LILA. And ... well ... that is precisely why these resources were created: Dr. Glendinning discovered ZMM as an assigned text in his Graduate Degree Program, and he is now embarking on a major research effort to apply ZMM to the general problem of Enlightened Management in our troubled times. I can't say "Quality Management," because this is now a horribly "abused term." (See below for Anthony Mc Watt's webpage on British Schools.) And of course, these are exactly the troubles that Pirsig pointed to us in ZMM and LILA. Peruse Psybertron’s Pirsig Pages by going here http://www.psybertron.org/pirsigpages.html

An Academic PhD Philosophical Study of Robert Pirsig's "Metaphysics of Quality (MOQ)".

A site primarily concerned with Robert Pirsig's Metaphysics of Quality. The site is created and run by a recent PhD graduate of the University of Liverpool's Department of Philosophy. This site contains a considerable amount of material on Pirsig not available elsewhere. It is a new site, but nevertheless is the result of Mr. Mc Watt's many years study of Pirsig's ZMM and LILA. His new book on the Philosophy of MOQ is available (complete ~ 0.8 MB) as a link at the top-center of his Home Web Page. This book, the result of his Ph.D. Thesis, is a "Textbook for the Philosophical Study of Robert Pirsig's Metaphysics of Quality" (MOQ). Dr. Mc Watt is a regular contributor to www.moq.org where you may study many of his articles. (Also see MOQ Web Link above).

Be sure to click on the "News" Link of Dr. Mc Watt's homepage. Furthermore, he has an excellent Web Article on the Miss-Use of the word “Quality” in the British Schools and Universities. http://robertpirsig.org/

This is a good site for extensive information re history of the Honda 305 Motorcycles and it's designer: Mr. Soichiro Honda, an article you should be sure to read. Also has where to get parts, manuals, sell your cycle, and see photos of various 305's owned by people around the globe. Site has good review of ZMM and many links. A good place to start is here:

http://www.synaptic.bc.ca/ejournal/Robert_M_Pirsig.htm

http://magazine.uchicago.edu/9412/Feat4.html

http://home.online.no/~skutvik/

This website serves as the homepage for the book "Lila's Child: An Inquiry into Quality," Dan Glover's compilation of "Lila Squad" online postings. This book is essentially an edited version of an email interchange, much like those currently in moq.org discuss.( I personally do not get much out of these current exchanges or Lila’s Child.)
In addition to a huge listing of links to essays and other resources, this site also offers Glover's original essays ranging from the literary, comparing Pirsig's work with other authors, to the philosophical, parsing out the MOQ. A Lila study guide index and "Lila Squad" archives are two other valuable resources.
http://members.tripod.com/~Glove_r/Bohr.html

Use your computer’s Edit > Find to locate a paper about Pirsig halfway down Ms. Hettinger's home page.
http://homepage.mac.com/mhettinger/hettingr/maggie/MaggieIndex.html

Weather & Landscape Serve To Telegraph Ones Inner Thinking.

In the conclusion to his essay “Place, Vision, and Identity in Native American Literatures", Professor Robert Nelson discusses the impact of the book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". Nelson writes:

To me, Professor Nelson is suggesting that the ZMM-enthusiast, (modern explorer), traveling west like ZMM author Robert Pirsig, would sense Pirsig's landscape in new or more profound ways. Perhaps with ZMM as a Travel Guide, the modern traveler could become a "Pirsig Pilgrim". The enlightening experience, of the pilgrimage and the landscape, would then provide in new ways of seeing and experiencing. As Professor Nelson said in a different article, "[ZMM provides new ways of seeing] what is in front of you, around you, and within you".

Click here to read all of Professor Nelson’s conclusion to “Place, Vision and Identity”. http://www.richmond.edu/~rnelson/PandV/conclusion.html

For the rest of Professor Nelson's essay “Place, Vision, and Identity in Native American Literatures,” click on these two links for the introduction and body
http://www.richmond.edu/~rnelson/PandV/intro.html
http://www.richmond.edu/~rnelson/pvi.html

For Professor Nelson's homepage and some of his published articles, see http://www.richmond.edu/~rnelson/

ZMM and the Crisis of Reason.

Scott Consigny's essay “Rhetoric and Madness: Robert Pirsig's Inquiry into Values" originally appeared in a 1977 edition of the Southern Speech Communications Journal. In it, Consigny argues that Pirsig has constructed an alternative paradigm to the prevailing rationalism.
http://www.public.iastate.edu/%7Econsigny/pirsig.html

"The Quality of Madness in Robert M. Pirsig’s ZMM: A Conversation".

http://www.forum2.org/gaal/qom.html

The ZMM quality website wishes to thank Doug Renselle for posting our "Find Historical Site Information Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" on his Quantonics website. Click here for http://www.Quantonics.com/

ZMM In Schools.

These WebPages illustrate how ZMM is used in Schools and Universities.
These WebPages illustrate how ZMM is used teaching and learning in my Physics Classes.

There are actually two paintings by Feininger of the same name, “Church of the Minorites I” and “Church of the Minorites II.”

Click here for Feininger’s "The Church of the Minorites I ” (Not in ZMM). Nick Adams was kind enough to provide Quantonics.com with the graphic.

Click here for ZMM Quality Gallery’s “The Church of the Minorites II.” (Yes in ZMM, I do believe.)

Click here for the Walker Art Center’s “The Church of the Minorites II.” Yes in ZMM, I do believe.)

I am studying more about the relation of the thought of these two authors and invite persons interested to contact me. (Click link below.)

Here is a excerpt from Wikipedia page about Professor Polanyi.

A Guide to Mostly Free Online U.S. Geospatial Maps and Attribute Data

Find what you're looking for fast at Shortest Path, a Web Search Engine.

A Great Number of New Links Are Now In My Newly revised Menu Items, Especially the Second thru Eighth Item.

Click on any of these items at upper left,.

A Complete List of Professor Henry Gurr's WebPages and Contact Information.

Here you will find information concerning my Physics Teaching. For Example: Teaching Philosophy, Experiments, Demonstrations, Aeolian Harp, Camera Obscura, AND Demonstrations incorporated into the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center. Linked from this webpage is also a letter to my physics students outlining "The Objectives of Physics". http://www.usca.edu/math/~mathdept/hsg

My Original Proposed Search for ZMM Historical Site Locations (Spring 2002).
http://www.usca.edu/math/~mathdept/hsg/ZMMFindSiteInfo.html

http://www.usca.edu/math/~mathdept/hsg/ZMMFindSiteInfo.html#Guidebook

My Modest Collection of "Best Books Lists" Where Robert Pirsig's ZMM Is Listed As Among Other Classics Authors Such as Tolstoy, Melville, and J.R.R. Tolkien. (For Example: "Top 100 Novels" / "Best Spiritual Books of Century" & "Great Books".
http://www.usca.edu/math/~mathdept/hsg/ZMMFindSiteInfo.html#BestBooks

http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/index.php?n=Main.HomePage

My Zen & Art Motorcycle Gallery and other photos such as Robert Pirsig, Chris, John, and Sylvia. http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/

University of South Carolina Aiken Library. http://library.usca.sc.edu/

Email: HenryG**aiken.sc.edu

Notice; If you discover problems in these WebPages or you need some information or data concerning the ZMM Book, please do not hesitate to contact me. You may write to me at the above address OR phone or email at the following:

HenryG**aiken.sc.edu

An Author Who In Many Ways Is Saying What Robert Pirsig Said.

I am studying more about this and invite persons interested to contact me. (Click link below.)

Here is a quite from Wikipedia about Professor Polanyi.

From the mid-1930s, Polanyi began to articulate his opposition to the prevailing positivist account of science, arguing that it failed to recognise the part played by tacit knowing and the creative role played by the imagination. Tacit knowledge and explicit knowledge were held coefficient, coexistent and indivisible.

Polanyi viewed positivism as encouraging some to believe that scientific research ought to be directed by the State. He drew attention to what happened to genetics in the Soviet Union, once the doctrines of Trofim Lysenko gained political approval. Polanyi, like Friedrich Hayek, supplied reasons why it is desirable to live within a free society.

Polanyi embraced the existence of objective truth (Personal Knowledge, p. 16). However, he criticised the notion that there is such a thing as the scientific method. Given the important, even necessary, role that a scientist's personal skills, biases, and passions play in the discovery process, Polanyi argued that knowing is personal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Polanyi

Links & Information About Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and its Author Robert Pirsig. Rev 22 Jan 07.

This Page Gives a Brief Description Of Many Good and Interesting Internet Resources, With Links, Concerning Robert Pirsig and His Book Herein Called ZMM.

First off, many thanks to Paul Lewis for suggesting this website and guided it’s construction over the last 5 years.

Paul is a Reference Librarian, Webmaster, And Computer Guru Extraordinaire here at the University of South Carolina Aiken. Paul is the person who originally pointed out the wonderful website software PmWiki and php Gallery. You will be most interested in Paul’s explanation of the many virtues of other free “open source software downloads” at: http://opensource.usca.edu. Learn more about the software used in the production of website on my "Acknowledgements" page (Click It in Main Menu at left). Also more about the software I use and demonstrations of it’s use at http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=ZMMQplanning.

At the two links below, you will find basic encyclopedia type information about Robert Pirsig and ZMM. You will see that "Wikipedia" is an excellent web based encyclopedia plus many good Pirsig web Links. It is continually updated by experts who willingly share their knowledge, their time and their energy, for the benefit of all! And you can't beat the price, because like many high quality "volunteer community efforts" on the web, it's free! As is emphasized in ZMM, quality comes from people who care. Incidentally, this is true for the authors of nearly all websites concerning Pirsig and ZMM. These web volunteers care, and that makes all the difference in the world! You might consider contributing your knowledge to the Wikipedia!

B) For ZMM Book history and links click here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance

C) For Robert Pirsig voice in NPR interview go to links at the bottom of the page, after you click here:
Thanks to Gary Wegner for placing this Robert Pirsig information on Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pirsig

D) For Robert Pirsig newspaper interview by Tim Adams in The Observer/Guardian (Manchester & Now also London) Newspaper Sunday November 19, 2006, be sure to go to long version last of links at the bottom of the page, after you click here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pirsig

Twelve Color Photos of John, Sylvia, Chris and Author Robert Pirsig from their Original 1968 Trip

Here are twelve pictures taken by Robert Pirsig as he, Chris, Sylvia, and John made that 1968 epic voyage described in "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance." I believe these photos were taken in July 1968, while they were actually traveling on that trip. At that time, Pirsig was 39 years old and Chris was 11 years old. John and Sylvia are about the same age as Pirsig. Go here and click on the first album http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/albums.php?set_albumListPage=1. Thanks to Paul Lewis for the installation of ZMM Quality Gallery and Installation of ZMM Quality PM Wiki Pages.

Black and White Photograph of Robert Pirsig and Chris Placed on Web Long Ago.

A long time ago, ~1995, this site had many interesting links concerning "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" and its author Robert Pirsig. However, links there have suffered “link rot” and no longer work. If you know where to recover any of these web resources, please let me know. This site comes up very high in Google Searches, despite it’s non-working links and fact that it only has one photo and a black and white one at that. This demonstrates the holding power of an early start and many, many sites that still link back to here all these years!!

Photo of Robert Pirsig, author of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"

Free Internet Version of the Complete Text for Book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"

This website has the complete text of the book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert Pirsig. With this text saved into your computer word processor by copy and paste, you will have a great resource for any search inside, or other study you may want to perform inside this book. I have a corrected version of text from this site and will supply it to serious ZMM Researchers upon request. Many websites show links to the full text of the ZMM book. However many such sites no longer work. Send email to: henryg**aiken.sc.edu for other links to ZMM sites that currently do supply the full text. Below are two long standing and very reliable sources for the full text of ZMM.

HTML Version of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”

A search on Amazon.com will find many different versions of ZMM: paperback, hardcover, mass-market paperback (the pink copy) as well as other books related to ZMM and Pirsig. Click here

Gary Wegner's "ZMM Route" Photo Album

In 1978, English Professor Gary Wegner followed the route described in the book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". He has created a very wonderful series of maps of the ZMM Route. These maps, one for each day of Pirsig's travel, show very accurately, in great detail, how to follow Pirsig's original route. Also available are his wonderful series of 74 Color Photos, were taken just thee years after the ZMM book came out in 1975. After you click on the link below you will see Gary’s “entry page” with music. (Be sure to have your sound system turned on.) After about a minute, his “Full Route Map” will come up. Click on Day 1at upper left to see a map of the ZMM Route for the first day. To get the next day, type-in the next highest number in the URL box at top. Gary’s photos are accessed by clicking on the highlighted words below the respective map. (Professor Wenger's 1978 trip started in Minneapolis, but he was not able to go beyond Bozeman.) His color photos show excellent views of his travel and most especially shows the interior of Montana Hall. This is the building in which ZMM author Robert Pirsig taught his English Rhetoric Classes while professor at Montana State University. These are especially valuable photographs, because the old classrooms of this venerated building have been totally changed to other uses and are no longer there! They were made into offices by extensive renovations soon after Professor Wegner's trip.
Click here for http://zamm.home.att.net/

In ZMM, Pirsig describes so well his feelings of shear panic as he goes up the steps of the old building where he once taught English classes years earlier. This is the ominous old brick building called Montana Hall. He tells us how he and Chris are spooked as opens he opens and the front door of this creaky old building. The last photo you see on Professor Wegner's site for Day 6, is in fact this very door of this very same Montana Hall. ((In a previous version you heard wonderful mysterious music, and had to Mouse click on the yellow “Enter” "In fact I feel this old page was so good that I now make a special request: PLEASE re-establish the old page complete with the old music. This does not mean you should change your present opening page. Your old opening page could be an added alternate way for ZMM enthusiasts to gain entry of your site. This would merely be an other page with just a different URL.))

See CAUTION NOTE four paragraphs below.

In the summer of 2003, Professor Wegner again traveled the Beartooth Pass portion of the ZMM Route. Click here for his new photos http://home.att.net/~wagtail2/ .

Professor Wegner stated in a recent email: "The LINK on picture [#32 of above mentioned Web Page] has caused me to plan another trip to the Beartooth this spring. As soon as the plows open the pass, we plan to traverse it once again. He says "By the way, check out http://www.mtpolitics.net/beartooth2.html for a look at some Beartooth pictures circa 5/1/03."

Professor Wegner has an excellent series of maps to go with his trip. CAUTION: Professor Wegner's Map Pages (and music) work very well on Microsoft Internet Explorer Browser, but the maps (and the music) get left out when I use Mozilla Firebird Browser on either Windows or Macintosh Computer. These maps likewise do not work with Netscape 4.77 Internet Browser nor Safari (Mac) Browser. No word yet about newer Netscape versions. Click here for his new Map Series http://home.att.net/~wagtail/D1.htm

Mark Richardson, a motorcycle and auto editor and writer for the Toronto Star, started out on the ZMM Route Monday July 19th, 2004. This photo album from our gallery documents his trip. http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=MarkRichardson

The Site of Two Guys Riding the ZMM Route in July 2004

In the summer of 2004, a duo of motorcyclists from Germany followed the complete ZMM Route on two Harley motorcycles. On 1 July 2004, they started by renting their motorcycles from "Eaglerider Chicago” , what. they understand to be the largest "Harley Rental Dealer" in the States. Then, they rode to Minneapolis soon thereafter to continue their ZMM Trip. Their names and emails are Franz Schabmueller fschabmueller**schabmueller.com and Gregor Schleicher gregor.schleicher**gmx.net (insert appropriate symbol at asterisk; coded to prevent spam).

During the ride, they took pictures and posted daily reports on the site to get the most recent impression available. They stated “I hope we agree that this is maybe a fitting way to honour the spirit of Mr. Pirsig's work.” (Of course I agreed!) They hope Mr. Pirsig and all persons who visit their webpages will sign their Guestbook! Click here for http://www.zenride.com . (ALTERNATIVELY, you will get the same Web Pages if you click here for http://www.phaedrus-way.com

The ZMM Route and Maps

Dr. Glendinning of Psybertron.org has created an annotated map of the "ZMM Route". It has city names, state boundaries, rivers and other topographical land features like forests etc, as well as the ZMM Route itself shown in color... a much-needed resource to research and understand Robert Pirsig and his two books ZMM and LILA. The "Annotated Map," comes up very nicely on your computer screen with the MAP (bottom half of screen) and the "Time / Place / Narrative Word Box” (top half of screen). This web-based map has worked nicely on a variety of computers, even old ones! Go here to view the ZMM route map http://www.psybertron.org/zammjourneyframe.html

See also Psybertron’s Pirsig Pages for one of the most extensive online collections of ZMM & Pirsig resources, including a timeline of Robert Pirsig’s life. http://www.psybertron.org/pirsigpages.html

Interesting Places Along the ZMM Route

Miles City, Montana Links

Many of these pages include good photographs.

• Miles City Historic Walking Tour http://www.his.state.mt.us/shpo/community/miles%20city/MilesCity.htm

http://www.snapshotsofthepast.com/milescitymontana1883panoramicmap.html

• Photos of Miles City and Surrounding Countryside (Note: You MUST SCROLL DOWN LIST and click on items that specifically say Miles City )

http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtphotos/custer/

• Custer County Court House http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtphotos/courthouse/custer-miles-city-courthouse.htm
• A Testament to the Well Built & Very Enjoyable Buildings in Miles City http://www.montanamagazine.com/0104/outlook.html
• Miles City Montana, Main Street Picture & Links provided by Chamber of Commerce

http://www.mcchamber.com/

• A Good Miles City History Article http://www.mcchamber.com/ THEN click on History at left.
• A Very Nice Capsule Summery if Miles City Montana from Rand-McNally Map Web Page. http://www.randmcnally.com/rmc/explore/exploreCityMain.jsp?poi_id=227000324

The above site, as well as http://www.mapquest.com/ has a Web "Map Presenter" for this town and many other areas of USA.

According to the “Metaphysics of Quality” (MOQ) website, "MOQ.org exists to provide a forum for discussion and study of the Metaphysics of Quality as proposed by Robert M Pirsig in his books Lila [An Inquiry into MORALS] and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" [An Inquiry into VALUES] . Click here for http://www.moq.org/

This website, created by Ian Glendinning (a time-management expert), puts together an impressive array of ZMM and Pirsig information. Included are a timeline of Robert Pirsig’s life and an annotated map of the ZMM route, essential resources for researching and understanding Robert Pirsig and his two books ZMM and LILA. And ... well ... that is precisely why these resources were created: Dr. Glendinning discovered ZMM as an assigned text in his Graduate Degree Program, and he is now embarking on a major research effort to apply ZMM to the general problem of ZMM Enlightened Management in our troubled times. I can't say "Quality Management," because this is now a horribly "abused term." (See below for Anthony Mc Watt's webpage on British Schools.) And of course, these are exactly the troubles that Pirsig pointed to us in ZMM and LILA. Peruse Psybertron’s Pirsig Pages by going here http://www.psybertron.org/pirsigpages.html

A Philosophical Study of Robert Pirsig's "Metaphysics of Quality (MOQ)"

A site primarily concerned with Robert Pirsig's Metaphysics of Quality. The site is created and run by a post-graduate at the University of Liverpool's Department of Philosophy and contains a considerable amount of material on Pirsig not available elsewhere. This is a new site, but nevertheless is the result of Mr. Mc Watt's many years study of Pirsig's ZMM and LILA. His new book on the Philosophy of MOQ, is available (complete ~ 0.8 MB) as a link at the top-center of his Home Web Page. This book, the result of his Ph.D. Thesis, is a "Textbook for the Philosophical Study of Robert Pirsig's Metaphysics of Quality" (MOQ). Dr. Mc Watt is a regular contributor to www.moq.org where you may study many of his articles. (Also see MOQ Web Link above).

Be sure to click on the "News" Link of Dr. Mc Watt's homepage. Furthermore, he has an excellent Web Article on the Miss-use of Quality in the British Schools and Universities. http://www.anthonymcwatt.co.uk

This is a good site for extensive information re history of the Honda 305 Motorcycles, it's designer: Mr. Soichiro Honda, where to get parts, manuals, sell your cycle, and see photos of various 305's owned by people around the globe. Site has good review of ZMM and many links. A good place to start is here:

http://www.synaptic.bc.ca/ejournal/Robert_M_Pirsig.htm

http://magazine.uchicago.edu/9412/Feat4.html

http://home.online.no/~skutvik/

This website serves as the homepage for the book "Lila's Child: An Inquiry into Quality," Dan Glover's compilation of "Lila Squad" online postings. The site also offers Glover's original essays ranging from the literary, comparing Pirsig's work with other authors, to the philosophical, parsing out the MOQ. A Lila study guide index and "Lila Squad" archives are two other valuable resources.
http://members.tripod.com/~Glove_r/Bohr.html

You will find four Pirsig & ZMM related links about halfway down Ms. Hettinger's home page.
http://homepage.mac.com/mhettinger/hettingr/maggie/MaggieIndex.html

Weather & Landscape Serve To Telegraph Ones Inner Thinking

In the conclusion to his essay “Place, Vision, and Identity in Native American Literatures,” Professor Robert Nelson discusses the impact of the book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". Nelson writes:

To me, Professor is suggesting that the ZMM-enthusiast, (modern explorer), traveling west like ZMM author Robert Pirsig, would sense Pirsig's landscape in new or more profound ways. Perhaps with Travel Guide, the modern traveler could become a "Pirsig Pilgrim". The enlightening experience, of the pilgrimage and the landscape, would then provide in new ways of seeing and experiencing. As Professor Nelson said in a different article, "[ ZMM provides new ways of seeing] what is in front of you, around you, and within you".

Click here to read Professor Nelson 's conclusion to “Place, Vision and Identity” http://www.richmond.edu/~rnelson/PandV/conclusion.html
To zero in on the ZMM-related passage quoted above, you can either use your Edit => Find => "role of landscapes" or scroll ¾ of the way down the page.

For the rest of Professor Nelson's essay “Place, Vision, and Identity in Native American Literatures,” click on these two links for the introduction and body
http://www.richmond.edu/~rnelson/PandV/intro.html
http://www.richmond.edu/~rnelson/pvi.html

For Professor Nelson's homepage and some of his published articles, see http://www.richmond.edu/~rnelson/

ZMM and the Crisis of Reason

Scott Consigny's essay "Rhetoric and Madness: Robert Pirsig's Inquiry into Values"
originally appeared in a 1977 edition of the Southern Speech Communications Journal. In it, Consigny argues that Pirsig has constructed an alternative paradigm to the prevailing rationalism.
http://www.public.iastate.edu/%7Econsigny/pirsig.html

"The Quality of Madness in Robert M. Pirsig's ZMM: A Conversation"

http://www.forum2.org/gaal/qom.html

The ZMM quality website wishes to thank Doug Renselle for posting our "Find Historical Site Information Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" on his Quantonics website. Click here for http://www.Quantonics.com/

ZMM In Schools

These webpages illustrate how ZMM is used in schools and Universities.
These webpages illustrate how ZMM is used for teaching and learning.

Some of ZMM's most frequently asked questions are answered here. Also has recent Pirsig letter.

The website Psybertron, created by Ian Glendinning (a time-management expert), has a wonderful "Time Line" of the major events in ZMM author Robert Pirsig's life. It is the most extensive, detailed, and well researched that I have seen! His timeline is a much-needed resource to research and understand Robert Pirsig and his two books ZMM and LILA.

See also Psybertron’s Pirsig Pages for one of the most extensive online collections of ZMM & Pirsig resources, including an annotated map of the ZMM Route. http://www.psybertron.org/pirsigpages.html

If this link does not work, try Click here for http://www.moq.org/
AND THEN click "links", AND THEN scroll down to near mid page, AND THEN click

More History About Maynard E. Pirsig, who was Robert M. Pirsig's Father

Their was once-upon-a-time, a web page called "History Maynard E. Pirsig". Unfortunately this site is no longer working, but I am trying to locate where it may be found. If you have any information to offer please contact me. Those persons who have access to Law Libraries might consult the University of Minnesota Law School book/journal => “In Pursuit of Excellence -- A History of the University of Minnesota Law School, Part IV, The Pirsig Years.-- A Time of Transition.” Volume 63, MINN. L. REV. 229 (1979). For more information you may contact me, henryg**aiken.sc.edu . I have collected much additional information about Robert M. Pirsig and Dean Maynard E. Pirsig.

There are actually two paintings by Feininger of the same name, “Church of the Minorites I” and “Church of the Minorites II.”

Click here for Feininger’s "The Church of the Minorites I ”. Nick Adams of http://www.siliconsalon.com was kind enough to provide Quantonics.com with the graphic.

Click here for ZMM Quality Gallery’s “The Church of the Minorites II.”

Click here for the Walker Art Center’s “The Church of the Minorites II.”

Find what you're looking for fast at Shortest Path Web Search.

A Great Number of New Links Are In the My New Menu Items.

Click on any of these items at upper left, Second thru Eighth.

New Links Fall 05: A Successful Pirsig Rethinks Life of Zen and Science

After what he describes as a lifetime of humiliation that culminated in a breakdown,
Robert M. Pirsig now faces the prospect of learning to mental live with ...
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MOQ.org: Links To Other Resources

After what he describes as a lifetime of humiliation that culminated in a mental
breakdown, Robert M. Pirsig now faces the prospect of learning to live with ...
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"A Successful Pirsig Rethinks Life of Zen and Science" by George ...

... After what he describes as A lifetime of humiliation that culminated in A
mental breakdown, Robert M. Pirsig now faces the prospect of learning to live...
www.concordnorth.ca/NewFiles/E-Books/times_article.txt - 7k - Supplemental Result - Cached -

A Complete List of Professor Henry Gurr's Webpages and Contact Information

Here you will find information concerning my Physics Teaching. For Example: Teaching Philosophy, Experiments, Demonstrations, Aeolian Harp, Camera Obscura, AND Demonstrations incorporated into the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center. Linked from this webpage is also a letter to my physics students outlining "The Objectives of Physics". http://www.usca.edu/math/~mathdept/hsg

My Proposed Search for ZMM Historical Site Locations (Spring 2002).
http://www.usca.edu/math/~mathdept/hsg/ZMMFindSiteInfo.html

http://www.usca.edu/math/~mathdept/hsg/ZMMFindSiteInfo.html#Guidebook

My Modest Collection of "Best Books Lists" Where Robert Pirsig's ZMM is Listed As Among Other Classics Authors Such as Tolstoy, Melville, and J.R.R. Tolkien. (For Example: "Top 100 Novels" / "Best Spiritual Books of Century" & "Great Books".
http://www.usca.edu/math/~mathdept/hsg/ZMMFindSiteInfo.html#BestBooks

http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/index.php?n=Main.HomePage

My Zen & Art Motorcycle Gallery and other photos such as Robert Pirsig, Chris, John, and Sylvia. http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/"

University of South Carolina Aiken Library. http://library.usca.sc.edu/

Email: henryg**aiken.sc.edu

If you discover problems in these webpages or you need some information or data concerning the ZMM Book, please do not hesitate to contact me. You may write to me at the above address OR phone or email at the following:

henryg**aiken.sc.edu

This Page Gives a Brief Description And Links To Many Good and Interesting Internet Resources Concerning Robert Pirsig and His Book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance ( ZMM).

First off, many thanks to Paul Lewis for suggesting this website and guided it’s construction over the last 5 years.

Paul is Reference Librarian, Webmaster, and Computer Guru Extraordinaire here at the University of South Carolina Aiken. Paul is the person who originally pointed out the wonderful website server software PmWiki and php Gallery. You will be most interested in Paul’s news analysis and explanation of the many virtues of many, good, reliable, & free “open source” software downloads at: http://opensource.usca.edu

You May Learn More About The Software I Use.

My software used to produce this website on my "Acknowledgements" page (Click It in Main Menu at left). Also more about the software I use and demonstrations of it’s use are at http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=ZMMQplanning

At the two links below, you will find basic encyclopedia type information about Robert Pirsig and ZMM. You will see that "Wikipedia" is an excellent web based encyclopedia plus many good Pirsig web Links. It is continually updated by experts who willingly share their knowledge, their time and their energy, for the benefit of all! And you can't beat the price, because like many high quality "volunteer community efforts" on the web, it's free! As is emphasized in ZMM, quality comes from people who care. Incidentally, this is true for the authors of nearly all websites concerning Pirsig and ZMM. These web volunteers care, and that makes all the difference in the world! Ditto for the abovementioned OpenSource Software.) You might consider contributing your knowledge to the Wikipedia!
Thanks again to Paul Lewis for suggesting the Wikipedia Encyclopedia as follows:
A) For Robert Pirsig click here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pirsig
B) For ZMM Book history and links click here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance

Special Note: Both of the above two Wikipedia Pages Have Links For Two Very Interesting NPR Interviews of Robert Pirsig. Here Is Were You Can Hear his voice in an Audio Recording.

Thanks to Gary Wegner for placing this Robert Pirsig information on Wikipedia.
C) For Robert Pirsig voice in NPR interview go to links after you click here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pirsig

Twelve Color Photos of John, Sylvia, Chris and Author Robert Pirsig from their Original 1968 Trip

Here are twelve pictures taken by Robert Pirsig as he, Chris, Sylvia, and John made that 1968 epic voyage described in "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance." I believe these photos were taken in July 1968, while they were actually traveling on that trip. At that time, Pirsig was 39 years old and Chris was 11 years old. John and Sylvia are about the same age as Pirsig. Go here and click on the first album http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/albums.php?set_albumListPage=1 Thanks to Paul Lewis for the installation of ZMM Quality Gallery and Installation of ZMM Quality PM Wiki Pages used for these photos which are incidentally my site.

A Black and White Photograph of Robert Pirsig and Chris Placed on Web Long Ago: Still Has a High Google Rating!

Web page has a black and white photograph of Robert Pirsig and Chris on their 1964 Honda Super Hawk motorcycle (Grey, Chrome, and Black).
A long time ago, ~1995, this site had many interesting links concerning "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" and its author Robert Pirsig. However, most of the links there have suffered “link rot” and no longer work. If you know where to recover any of these web resources, please let me know. This site comes up very high in Google Searches, despite its non-working links and fact that it only has one photo and a black and white one at that. This demonstrates the holding power of an early start and many, many sites that still link to here after all these years!!
Click here for http://www.levity.com/corduroy/pirsig.htm

Photo of Robert Pirsig, author of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"

Free Internet Version of the Complete Text of Book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"

The following two websites have the complete text of the book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert Pirsig. With this text saved into your computer word processor (by copy and paste), you will have a great resource for any search inside, or other study you may want to perform inside this book.** I have a corrected version of text from this site and will supply it to serious ZMM Researchers upon request. Many websites show links to the full text of the ZMM book. However many such sites no longer work. Send email to: henryg_aiken.sc.edu for other links to ZMM sites that currently do supply the full text. Below are two long standing and very reliable sources for the full text of ZMM.

At the top left of your Web Browser, Click Edit>Select All. Then Click Edit>Copy. Then bring up your Favorite Word Processor and Click Edit>Paste into a blank page in your word processor. Once the complete ZMM text is in your computer word processor, click File > Save-As. You can then search for selected portions of the ZMM book using you word processor search function. Click here for http://www.design.caltech.edu/Misc/pirsig.html

HTML Version of “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”

Or You Can Order the Paper Printed Version of ZMM Online.

Nearly all bookstores will have a copy of ZMM on their shelves. Just ask. Also Google will find for you many, many Internet Book Sellers that offer the ZMM Book for sale. However, since I extensively use Amazon.com as my routine book information source and various "look-inside-the-book" searches, I feel it is only fair to give Amazon a recommendation here. While you are there be sure to read the ZMM Reviews at the very bottom of the page that comes up.

A search on Amazon.com will find many different versions of ZMM: paperback, hardcover, mass-market paperback (the pink copy) as well as other books related to ZMM and Pirsig.

• Note Amazon.com has a neat service for nearly all books (including ZMM) called “Search Inside the Book”. Other useful information, statistical and otherwise, is also available. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/ref=br_ss_hs/102-7559912-6484121?platform=gurupa&url=index%3Dblended&field-keywords=Zen+and+the+Art+of+Motorcycle+Maintenance&Go.x=10&Go.y=8&Go=Go | Click here.]]

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Here are photos and travel reports of persons who have actually traveled the “ZMM Route”. Gennie DeWeese calls them “Pirsig Pirgrims”!

Gary Wegner's "ZMM Route" Photo Album and Super Good Maps For Each Day Of Travel.

In 1978, English Professor Gary Wegner followed the route described in the book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". He has created a very wonderful series of maps of the ZMM Route. These maps, one for each day of Pirsig's travel, show very accurately, in great detail, how to follow Pirsig's original route. Also available are his wonderful series of 74 Color Photos, were taken just thee years after the ZMM book came out in 1975. After you click on the link below you will see Gary’s “entry page” with music. (Be sure to have your sound system turned on.) After about a minute, his “Full Route Map” will come up. Click on Day 1 at upper left to see a map of the ZMM Route for the first day. To get the next day, type-in the next highest number in the URL box at top. Gary’s photos are accessed by clicking on the highlighted words below the respective map. (Professor Wenger's 1978 trip started in Minneapolis, but he was not able to go beyond Bozeman.) His color photos show excellent views of his travel and most especially show the interior of Montana Hall. This is the building in which ZMM author Robert Pirsig taught his English Rhetoric Classes while professor at Montana State University. These are especially valuable photographs, because the old classrooms of this venerated building have been totally changed to other uses and are no longer there! They were made into offices by extensive renovations soon after Professor Wegner's trip. See CAUTION NOTE four paragraphs below: Professor Wegner’s Site only works on MS Internet Explorer.
Click here for http://zamm.home.att.net/

In ZMM, Pirsig describes so well his feelings of shear panic as he goes up the steps of the old building where he once taught English classes years earlier. This is the ominous old brick building called Montana Hall. He tells us how he and Chris are spooked as opens he opens and the front door of this creaky old building. The last photo you see on Professor Wegner's site for Day 6, is in fact this very door of this very same Montana Hall. ((Special request to Professor Wegner: You Entry Page for a previous version of you WebSite was wonderful! PLEASE re-establish the old page complete with the old music. You showed the above mentioned spooky door and simultaneously played this wonderful mysterious music. And the visitor had to Mouse click on the yellow “Enter” on the door. In fact I feel this old page was so good that I now make this request! This does not mean you should change your present opening page. Your old opening page could be an added as an alternate way for ZMM enthusiasts to gain entry of your site. This would merely be an other page with just a different URL.))

In the summer of 2003, Professor Wegner again traveled the Beartooth Pass portion of the ZMM Route. Click here for his new photos http://home.att.net/~wagtail2/

Professor Wegner stated in a recent email: "The LINK on picture [#32 of above mentioned Web Page] has caused me to plan another trip to the Beartooth this spring. As soon as the plows open the pass, we plan to traverse it once again. He says "By the way, for a look at some Beartooth pictures circa 5/1/03."check out http://www.mtpolitics.net/beartooth2.html

CAUTION: Professor Wegner’s excellent series of maps (and music) work very well ONLY on Microsoft Internet Explorer Browser! These maps (and the music) get left out (with no indication of any error) when I use Mozilla Firebird Browser on either a Windows or Macintosh Computer. These maps likewise do not work with Netscape 4.77 Internet Browser nor Safari (Mac) Browser. No word yet about newer Netscape versions. Click here for his new Map Series http://home.att.net/~wagtail/D1.htm

Mark Richardson, a motorcycle and auto editor and writer for the Toronto Star, started out on the ZMM Route Monday July 19th, 2004. This photo album from our gallery, documents his trip. http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=MarkRichardson

The Site of Two Guys Riding the ZMM Route in July 2004.

In the summer of 2004, a duo of motorcyclists from Germany followed the complete ZMM Route on two Harley motorcycles. On 1 July 2004, Franz Schabmueller and Gregor Schleicher, started by renting their motorcycles from "Eaglerider Chicago”. They understand this to be the largest "Harley Rental Dealer" in the States. Then, they rode to Minneapolis soon thereafter to continue their ZMM Trip. Their names and emails are fschabmueller**schabmueller.com and gregor.schleicher**gmx.net (insert appropriate symbol at asterisk; coded to prevent spam).

During the ride, they took pictures and posted daily reports on the site to get the most recent impression available. They stated “I hope we agree that this is maybe a fitting way to honour the spirit of Mr. Pirsig's work.” (Of course I agreed!) They hope Mr. Pirsig and all persons who visit their WebPages will sign their Guestbook! After you click here, Be Sure To Click On ENGLISH: http://www.zenride.com . (ALTERNATIVELY, you will get the same Web Pages if you click here for http://www.phaedrus-way.com

Photos and Travel Experience of Yours Truly Henry Gurr, WebMaster ZMMQ.

Just So You Don’t Miss Them Here Is My Own Story.

A) My Story Of What It Was like to Travel the ZMM Route and What I learned.
http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/Documents/HsgZmm02Trip

B) Scroll Down To Second Album = “My Research Photos” Illustrating the ACTUAL Scenes of ZMM..
http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/albums.php

C) Scroll Down To Third Album = “Non-ZMM Experiences” for Photos Illustrating My PERSONAL Experiences Along the ZMMRoute
http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/albums.php

The ZMM Route Shown In Annotated Maps.

Gary Wegner's "ZMM Route" Photo Album and Super Good Maps For Each Day Of Travel.

Scroll up about 12 inches for links & full discussion of Professor Wegner’s Maps above.

Dr. Glendinning of Psybertron.org has created an annotated map of the "ZMM Route". It has a narrative summary of ZMM. The map shows the route, city names, state boundaries, rivers and other topographical land features like forests etc, as well as the ZMM Route itself shown in color. Although the map is small, it good resource to research and understand Robert Pirsig and his two books ZMM and LILA. The “Annotated Map," comes up on your computer screen with the MAP (bottom half of screen) and the correlated "Time / Place / ZMM Narrative” in Word Box” (top half of screen). Follow the instructions and take some time to explore this resource which comes up nicely on a variety of computers, even old ones! Go here to view the ZMM route map http://www.psybertron.org/zammjourneyframe.html

See also Psybertron’s Pirsig Pages for one of the most extensive online collections of ZMM, & Pirsig resources, & Mr. Glendinning’s efforts to construct a new management science based on ZMM in part. Especially be sure to click on “Timeline” for full bio information of Robert Pirsig’s life. Very complete and. Interesting!! http://www.psybertron.org/pirsigpages.html

A Collection Of Google Aerial Photos of ZMM Route and Other Links and Information.

These aerial photos are a good resource, but it takes a while to get through them. They show each indicated town and the surrounding countryside, but the ZMM Route itself is Not Indicated. Only the person who already knows the route would be able to pick it out.
http://www.bartneck.de/work/researchProjects/pirsig/index.html

Interesting Places Along the ZMM Route.

(See also my Album, “Sights and Scenes Along the ZMM Route”, for more links related to specific towns traveled.)

Miles City, Montana Links Many of these pages include good photographs indicated by *.

• Miles City Historic Walking Tour http://www.his.state.mt.us/shpo/community/miles%20city/MilesCity.htm

This link not working as of 10 Jan 07. I hope it is restored.
http://www.snapshotsofthepast.com/milescitymontana1883panoramicmap.html

• Photos of Miles City and Surrounding Countryside.
  Note: You click on the choices and then click on thumb photos. Some photos are specifically Miles City.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtphotos/custer/

• Single Photo of Custer County Court House. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtphotos/courthouse/custer-miles-city-courthouse.htm

A Testament to the Well Built & Very Enjoyable Buildings in Miles City http://www.montanamagazine.com/0104/outlook.html

Miles City, Montana General Information at Chamber of Commerce Site.
For an especially good Miles City History Article.
Click on History in menu at left.
http://www.mcchamber.com/

A Very Nice Capsule Summery if Miles City Montana from Rand-Mc Nally Map Web Page. http://www.randmcnally.com/rmc/explore/exploreCityMain.jsp?poi_id=227000324

The above site, as well have a Web "Map Presenter" for this town and many other areas of USA. On Mapquest, click on “aerial photo” and go to Zoom Level 9 for good view of Yellowstone River, Town, I-94, and surrounding irrigated fields.!
http://www.mapquest.com/

According to the “Metaphysics of Quality” (MOQ) website, "MOQ.org exists to provide a forum for discussion and study of the Metaphysics of Quality as proposed by Robert M Pirsig in his books Lila [An Inquiry into MORALS] and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, An Inquiry Into Values". There is a great deal of information here as well as large number discussion forums and archives. Much to explore in its many pages and extensive links!! Click here for http://www.moq.org/

This website, created by Ian Glendinning (a time-management expert), puts together an impressive array of ZMM and Pirsig information. Included are a timeline of Robert Pirsig’s life and an annotated map of the ZMM route (mentioned above). This is an essential resources for researching and understanding Robert Pirsig and his two books ZMM and LILA. And ... well ... that is precisely why these resources were created: Dr. Glendinning discovered ZMM as an assigned text in his Graduate Degree Program, and he is now embarking on a major research effort to apply ZMM to the general problem of Enlightened Management in our troubled times. I can't say "Quality Management," because this is now a horribly "abused term." (See below for Anthony Mc Watt's webpage on British Schools.) And of course, these are exactly the troubles that Pirsig pointed to us in ZMM and LILA. Peruse Psybertron’s Pirsig Pages by going here http://www.psybertron.org/pirsigpages.html

An Academic PhD Philosophical Study of Robert Pirsig's "Metaphysics of Quality (MOQ)".

A site primarily concerned with Robert Pirsig's Metaphysics of Quality. The site is created and run by a recent PhD graduate of the University of Liverpool's Department of Philosophy. This site contains a considerable amount of material on Pirsig not available elsewhere. It is a new site, but nevertheless is the result of Mr. Mc Watt's many years study of Pirsig's ZMM and LILA. His new book on the Philosophy of MOQ is available (complete ~ 0.8 MB) as a link at the top-center of his Home Web Page. This book, the result of his Ph.D. Thesis, is a "Textbook for the Philosophical Study of Robert Pirsig's Metaphysics of Quality" (MOQ). Dr. Mc Watt is a regular contributor to www.moq.org where you may study many of his articles. (Also see MOQ Web Link above).

Be sure to click on the "News" Link of Dr. Mc Watt's homepage. Furthermore, he has an excellent Web Article on the Miss-Use of the word “Quality” in the British Schools and Universities. http://robertpirsig.org/

This is a good site for extensive information re history of the Honda 305 Motorcycles and it's designer: Mr. Soichiro Honda, an article you should be sure to read. Also has where to get parts, manuals, sell your cycle, and see photos of various 305's owned by people around the globe. Site has good review of ZMM and many links. A good place to start is here:

http://www.synaptic.bc.ca/ejournal/Robert_M_Pirsig.htm

http://magazine.uchicago.edu/9412/Feat4.html

http://home.online.no/~skutvik/

This website serves as the homepage for the book "Lila's Child: An Inquiry into Quality," Dan Glover's compilation of "Lila Squad" online postings. This book is essentially an edited version of an email interchange, much like those currently in moq.org discuss.( I personally do not get much out of these current exchanges or Lila’s Child.)
In addition to a huge listing of links to essays and other resources, this site also offers Glover's original essays ranging from the literary, comparing Pirsig's work with other authors, to the philosophical, parsing out the MOQ. A Lila study guide index and "Lila Squad" archives are two other valuable resources.
http://members.tripod.com/~Glove_r/Bohr.html

Use your computer’s Edit > Find to locate a paper about Pirsig halfway down Ms. Hettinger's home page.
http://homepage.mac.com/mhettinger/hettingr/maggie/MaggieIndex.html

Weather & Landscape Serve To Telegraph Ones Inner Thinking.

In the conclusion to his essay “Place, Vision, and Identity in Native American Literatures", Professor Robert Nelson discusses the impact of the book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". Nelson writes:

To me, Professor is suggesting that the ZMM-enthusiast, (modern explorer), traveling west like ZMM author Robert Pirsig, would sense Pirsig's landscape in new or more profound ways. Perhaps with Travel Guide, the modern traveler could become a "Pirsig Pilgrim". The enlightening experience, of the pilgrimage and the landscape, would then provide in new ways of seeing and experiencing. As Professor Nelson said in a different article, "[ZMM provides new ways of seeing] what is in front of you, around you, and within you".

Click here to read all of Professor Nelson’s conclusion to “Place, Vision and Identity”. http://www.richmond.edu/~rnelson/PandV/conclusion.html

For the rest of Professor Nelson's essay “Place, Vision, and Identity in Native American Literatures,” click on these two links for the introduction and body
http://www.richmond.edu/~rnelson/PandV/intro.html
http://www.richmond.edu/~rnelson/pvi.html

For Professor Nelson's homepage and some of his published articles, see http://www.richmond.edu/~rnelson/

ZMM and the Crisis of Reason.

Scott Consigny's essay “Rhetoric and Madness: Robert Pirsig's Inquiry into Values" originally appeared in a 1977 edition of the Southern Speech Communications Journal. In it, Consigny argues that Pirsig has constructed an alternative paradigm to the prevailing rationalism.
http://www.public.iastate.edu/%7Econsigny/pirsig.html

"The Quality of Madness in Robert M. Pirsig’s ZMM: A Conversation".

http://www.forum2.org/gaal/qom.html

The ZMM quality website wishes to thank Doug Renselle for posting our "Find Historical Site Information Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" on his Quantonics website. Click here for http://www.Quantonics.com/

ZMM In Schools.

These WebPages illustrate how ZMM is used in Schools and Universities.
These WebPages illustrate how ZMM is used teaching and learning in my Physics Classes.

Some of the most frequently asked Pirsig and ZMM questions are answered here here.

The website Psybertron, created by Ian Glendinning (a time-management expert), has a wonderful "Time Line" of the major events in ZMM author Robert Pirsig's life. It is the most extensive, detailed, and well researched that I have seen! His timeline is a much-needed resource to research and understand Robert Pirsig and his two books ZMM and LILA.

If this link does not work, click here for http://www.moq.org/links/LinkData/DeanPirsigTribute.html

More History About Maynard E. Pirsig, who was Robert M. Pirsig's Father.

Their was, once-upon-a-time, a web page called "History Maynard E. Pirsig". Unfortunately this site is no longer working, but I am trying to locate where it may be found. If you have any information to offer please contact me. Those persons who have access to Law Libraries might consult the University of Minnesota Law School book/journal => “In Pursuit of Excellence -- A History of the University of Minnesota Law School, Part IV, The Pirsig Years.-- A Time of Transition.” Volume 63, MINN. L. REV. 229 (1979). For more information you may contact me, HenryG**aiken.sc.edu I have collected much additional information about Robert M. Pirsig and Dean Maynard E. Pirsig.

ZMM author, Robert Pirsig, has many connections to Minneapolis, MN. Hanging in Phaedrus' English Dept. Office, at Montana State University-Bozeman was a reproduction of painting named "The Church of the Minorites" by Lionel Feininger. Here is what Pirsig said in ZMM: "…… not a painting, it's a print of a painting he ordered from New York and which DeWeese had frowned at because it was a print and prints are of art and not art themselves, a distinction he didn't recognize at the time. But the print, Feininger's 'Church of the Minorites,' had an appeal to him that was irrelevant to the art in that its subject, a kind of Gothic cathedral, created from semiabstract lines and planes and colors and shades, seemed to reflect his mind's vision of the Church of Reason and that was why he'd put it here. All this comes back now. This was his office………."(p.143).

There are actually two paintings by Feininger of the same name, “Church of the Minorites I” and “Church of the Minorites II.”

Click here for Feininger’s "The Church of the Minorites I ” (Not in ZMM). Nick Adams was kind enough to provide Quantonics.com with the graphic.

Click here for ZMM Quality Gallery’s “The Church of the Minorites II.” (Yes in ZMM, I do believe.)

Click here for the Walker Art Center’s “The Church of the Minorites II.” Yes in ZMM, I do believe.)

Find what you're looking for fast at Shortest Path, a Web Search Engine.

A Great Number of New Links Are In the My New Menu Items Second thru Eighth.

Click on any of these items at upper left,.

New Links Fall 05: A Successful Pirsig Rethinks Life of Zen and Science.

After what he describes as a lifetime of humiliation that culminated in a breakdown, Robert M. Pirsig now faces the prospect of learning to mentally live with ...Same interview available at any of the following:
A) www.psybertron.org/pirsig%201974%20interview.htm
B) www.moq.org/links/links.html
C) www.concordnorth.ca/NewFiles/E-Books/times_article.txt

A Complete List of Professor Henry Gurr's WebPages and Contact Information.

Here you will find information concerning my Physics Teaching. For Example: Teaching Philosophy, Experiments, Demonstrations, Aeolian Harp, Camera Obscura, AND Demonstrations incorporated into the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center. Linked from this webpage is also a letter to my physics students outlining "The Objectives of Physics". http://www.usca.edu/math/~mathdept/hsg

My Original Proposed Search for ZMM Historical Site Locations (Spring 2002).
http://www.usca.edu/math/~mathdept/hsg/ZMMFindSiteInfo.html

http://www.usca.edu/math/~mathdept/hsg/ZMMFindSiteInfo.html#Guidebook

My Modest Collection of "Best Books Lists" Where Robert Pirsig's ZMM Is Listed As Among Other Classics Authors Such as Tolstoy, Melville, and J.R.R. Tolkien. (For Example: "Top 100 Novels" / "Best Spiritual Books of Century" & "Great Books".
http://www.usca.edu/math/~mathdept/hsg/ZMMFindSiteInfo.html#BestBooks

http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/index.php?n=Main.HomePage

My Zen & Art Motorcycle Gallery and other photos such as Robert Pirsig, Chris, John, and Sylvia. http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/

University of South Carolina Aiken Library. http://library.usca.sc.edu/

Email: HenryG**aiken.sc.edu

If you discover problems in these WebPages or you need some information or data concerning the ZMM Book, please do not hesitate to contact me. You may write to me at the above address OR phone or email at the following:

HenryG**aiken.sc.edu

Where to Find Complete Free Full Text Internet DownLoad of book “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.”

This website has the complete text of the book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert Pirsig. With this text saved into your computer word processor by copy and paste, you will have a great resource for any search inside, or other study you may want to perform inside this book.

Instructions to load the complete ZMM text into your computer: (File size ~1.03 mb.)

Bring up this webpage on the screen of your computer. Then use the following steps:
At the top left of your Web Browser, Click Edit>Select All. Then Click Edit>Copy. Then bring up your Favorite Word Processor and Click Edit>Paste into a blank page in your word processor. Once the complete ZMM text is in your computer word processor, click File > Save-As. You can then search for selected portions of the ZMM book using you word processor search function. Click Here for http://www.design.caltech.edu/Misc/pirsig.html

Other websites show links to the full text of the ZMM book. However many such sites no longer work. Send email to: henryg**aiken.sc.edu for other links to ZMM sites that currently do supply the full text.

Or You Can Order the Paperback Version of ZMM Online

Google will find for you many, many Internet Book Sellers that offer the ZMM Book for sale. However, since I extensively use Amazon.com as my routine book information source and various "look-inside-the-book" searches, I feel it is only fair to give Amazon a recommendation here.

A search on Amazon.com will find many different versions of ZMM: paperback, hardcover, mass-market paperback (the pink copy) as well as other books related to ZMM and Pirsig. Click here

In 1978, English Professor Gary Wegner followed the route described in the book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". He has created a very wonderful map of the ZMM Route. These maps, one for each day of Pirsig's travel, show very accurately, in great detail, how to follow Pirsig's original route. Also available are his wonderful series of 74 Color Photos, were taken just thee years after the ZMM book came out in 1975. These photos are accessed by clicking on the highlighted words below the respective map. (Professor Wenger's 1978 trip started in Minneapolis, but he was not able to go beyond Bozeman.) His color photos show excellent views of his travel and most especially shows the interior of Montana Hall. This is the building in which ZMM author Robert Pirsig taught his English Rhetoric Classes while professor at Montana State University. These are especially valuable photographs, because the old classrooms of this venerated building have been totally changed to other uses and are no longer there! They were made into offices by extensive renovations soon after Professor Wegner's trip.

In ZMM, Pirsig describes so well his feelings of shear panic as he goes up the steps of the old building where he once taught English classes years earlier. This is the ominous old brick building called Montana Hall. He tells us how he and Chris are spooked as opens he opens and the front door of this creaky old building. The last photo you see on Professor Wegner's site for Day 6, is in fact this very door of this very same Montana Hall. ((In a previous version you heard wonderful mysterious music, and had to Mouse click on the yellow “Enter” "In fact I feel this old page was so good that I now make a special request: PLEASE re-establish the old page complete with the old music. This does not mean you should change your present opening page. Your old opening page could be an added alternate way for ZMM enthusiasts to gain entry of your site. This would merely be an other page with just a different URL.))

See CAUTION NOTE four paragraphs below.

Be sure to click on the "News" Link of Dr. Mc Watt's homepage. Furthermore, he has an excellent Web Article on the Miss-use of Quality in the British Schools and Universities. http://www.anthonymcwatt.co.uk

History and Extensive Information re Honda 305 Motorcycle. Has Other Pirsig & ZMM Resources

This is a good site for extensive information re history of the Honda 305 Motorcycles, it's designer: Mr. Soichiro Honda, where to get parts, manuals, sell your cycle, and see photos of various 305's owned by people around the globe. Site has good review of ZMM and many links. A good place to start is here:
http://www.honda305.com/zen/

ZMM In Schools

ZMM In Schools ?

You will find four Pirsig & ZMM related links about halfway down Ms. Hettinger's home page.
http://homepage.mac.com/mhettinger/hettingr/maggie/MaggieIndex.html

#ZMMinSchools

http://homepage.mac.com/mhettinger/hettingr/pirsig/DefiningSocial.html

[[#ZMMinSchools
These webpages illustrate how ZMM is used in schools and Universities.
These webpages illustrate how ZMM is used for teaching and learning.

Useful Miscellaneous Information

A Guide to Mostly Free Online U.S. Geospatial and Attribute Data

Here is a wonderful mostly free map resource site, which was recommended by Science Magazine 6 June 03.
http://libinfo.uark.edu/GIS/us.asp

Find what you're looking for fast at Shortest Path Web Search.

http://www.shortestpath.us

A Great Number of New Links Are In the My New Menu Items.

Click on any of these items at upper left, Second thru Eighth.

New Links Fall 05: A Successful Pirsig Rethinks Life of Zen and Science

Special Note: The above two Wikipecia Pages Have Links To Very Interesting Interview of Robert Pirsig. Here Is Were You Can Here an Audio Recording of His Voice.

Thanks to Gary Wegner for placing this Robert Pirsig informatin on Wikipedia.

Where to Find Complete Text of book “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.”

Free Internet Version of the Complete Text for Book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"

A Successful Pirsig Rethinks Life of Zen and Science

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MOQ.org: Links To Other Resources

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"A Successful Pirsig Rethinks Life of Zen and Science" by George ...

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Pirsig & ZMM Resources

Vancouver-based author and photographer Patrick Jennings offers a list of online Robert Pirsig & ZMM resources on his eJournal webpage.
http://www.synaptic.bc.ca/ejournal/Robert_M_Pirsig.htm

"Will the Real Richard McKeon Please Stand Up?"

An article from the University of Chicago magazine about the man who purportedly served as the model for Phaedrus.
http://magazine.uchicago.edu/9412/Feat4.html

What is the Quality Event?

Norwegian Bodvar Skutvik's essay "The Quality Event: a Treatise on the Metaphysics of Quality" hopes to at least provide an outsider's introduction to the Metaphysics of Quality based on his readings of ZMM and Lila. Available as a download as well.
http://home.online.no/~skutvik/

Perceptions of Quality: Further Exploration of Robert M. Pirsig's Metaphysics of Quality

This website serves as the homepage for the book "Lila's Child: An Inquiry into Quality," Dan Glover's compilation of "Lila Squad" online postings. The site also offers Glover's original essays ranging from the literary, comparing Pirsig's work with other authors, to the philosophical, parsing out the MOQ. A Lila study guide index and "Lila Squad" archives are two other valuable resources.
http://members.tripod.com/~Glove_r/Bohr.html

How Does Quality Relate to Social Evolution?

"Beyond Lila: Defining the 'Social' in Pirsig's Metaphysics of Quality," Margaret Hettinger's 1998 essay, examines both social and intellectual constructions of quality.
http://members.iglou.com/hettingr/pirsig/DefiningSocial.html

ZMM and the Crisis of Reason

Scott Consigny's essay "Rhetoric and Madness: Robert Pirsig's Inquiry into Values"
originally appeared in a 1977 edition of the Southern Speech Communications Journal. In it, Consigny argues that Pirsig has constructed an alternative paradigm to the prevailing rationalism.
http://www.public.iastate.edu/%7Econsigny/pirsig.html

Madness as a Literary Device

"The Quality of Madness in Robert M. Pirig's ZMM: A Conversation"
Gaal Yahas' entertaining dialogue explores how Pirsig uses an invitation to madness as a literary device.
http://www.forum2.org/gaal/qom.html

Interesting Places Along the ZMM Route

Miles City, Montana Links

• An 1883 Hand Painted Aerial View of Miles City (Click to Enlarge)

Links & Information About Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and its Author Robert Pirsig

Many thanks to Paul Lewis, a reference librarian and webmaster at the University of South Carolina - Aiken for suggesting and helping to construct this website. Paul is the person who originally pointed out the wonderful website software PmWiki and php Gallery. You will be most interested in Paul’s explanation of the many virtues of many other free open source software downloads at: http://opensource.usca.edu. Learn more about this software at my "Acknowledgements" page (under Main Menu) and also at http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=ZMMQplanning.

Basic Information on Robert Pirsig and his Book “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”

At the two links below, you will find basic encyclopedia type information about Robert Pirsig and ZMM. You will see that "Wikipedia" is an excellent web based encyclopedia plus web Links. It is continually updated by experts who willingly share their knowledge, their time, their energy, for the benefit of all! And you can't beat the price, because like many high quality "volunteer community efforts" on the web, it's free! As is emphasized in ZMM, quality comes from people who care. Incidentally, this is true for the authors of nearly all websites concerning Pirsig and ZMM. These web volunteers care, and that makes all the difference in the world!

Thanks to Professor David Lavery for help advising on ZMM quality Gallery Captions and for suggesting the original idea to make available "Basic Information" for both Pirsig and ZMM. Thanks also to Paul Lewis for suggesting the Wikipedia Encyclopedia as follows: Click here for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pirsig
Click here for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance

Photos of Pirsig

Twelve Color Photos of John, Sylvia, Chris and Author Robert Pirsig from their Original 1968 Trip

Here are twelve pictures taken by Robert Pirsig as he, Chris, Sylvia, and John made that 1968 epic voyage described in "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance." I believe these photos were taken in July 1968, while they were actually traveling on that trip. At that time, Pirsig was 39 years old and Chris was 11 years old. John and Sylvia are about the same age as Pirsig. Go here and click on the first album http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/albums.php?set_albumListPage=1. Thanks to Paul Lewis for the installation of ZMM Quality Gallery and Installation of ZMM Quality PM Wiki Pages.

Black and White Photograph of Robert Pirsig and Chris

Web page has a black and white photograph of Robert Pirsig and Chris on their 1964 Honda Super Hawk motorcycle (Grey, Chrome, and Black). Click here for http://www.levity.com/corduroy/pirsig.htm

A long time ago this site had many interesting links concerning "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" and its author Robert Pirsig. However, links there have suffered “link rot” and no longer work. If you know where to recover any of these web resources, please let me know.

Photo of Robert Pirsig, author of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"

This photograph was taken by David Brill, National Geographic photographer, around 1974. Also shown is the bike that Pirsig rode during the trip described in ZMM. Click here for Robert Pirsig publicity still photo http://members.aol.com/sktea/pirsig-p.htm

Where to Find “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”

Web Version of the Complete Text for Book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"

This website has the complete text of the book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert Pirsig. With this text saved into your computer word processor by copy and paste, you will have a great resource for any research or study you may want to perform in this book.

Instructions to load the complete ZMM text into your computer (File size ~1.03 mb.)

Bring up this webpage on the screen of your computer, then use the following steps:
At the top left of your Web Browser, Click Edit>All. Then Edit>Copy. Then bring up your Word Processor and Edit>Paste into a blank page in your word processor. Once the complete ZMM text is in your computer word processor, click File > Save-As. You can then search for selected portions of the ZMM book using you word processor search function. Click Here for http://www.design.caltech.edu/Misc/pirsig.html

Other websites show links to the full text of the ZMM book. However many such sites no longer work. Send email to: henryg**aiken.sc.edu for links to ZMM sites that currently do supply the full text.

HTML Version of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”

An HTML version of ZMM made available by the Virtual School, a self-described distributed learning community. http://www.virtualschool.edu/mon/Quality/PirsigZen/index.html

Order the Book Online

An Amazon.com search offers the paperback, hardcover, mass-market paperback (the pink copy) as well as related titles. Click here

Fellow ZMM Travelers

Gary Wegner's "ZMM Route" Photo Album

In 1978, English Professor Gary Wegner followed the route described in the book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". His wonderful series of 74 Color Photos, were taken just thee years after the ZMM book came out in 1975. (Professor Wenger's 1978 trip started in Minneapolis, but he was not able to go beyond Bozeman.) His color photos show excellent views all along his route and most especially the interior of Montana Hall. This is the building in which ZMM author Robert Pirsig taught his English Rhetoric Classes while professor at Montana State University. These are especially valuable photographs, because the old classrooms of this venerated building are no longer there! They were removed by renovations soon after Professor Wegner's trip.

In ZMM, Pirsig describes so well his panic as he goes up the steps of this old brick building and opens the front door of this creaky old building. The very first photo you see on Professor Wegner's site, is in fact this very door of this very same Montana Hall. Click here for http://home.att.net/~wagtail/ . You may hear the mysterious music. Mouse click on the yellow “Enter” See CAUTION NOTE four paragraphs below.

In the summer of 2003, Professor Wegner again traveled the Beartooth Pass portion of the ZMM Route. Click here for his new photos http://home.att.net/~wagtail2/ .

Professor Wegner stated in a recent email: "The LINK on picture [#32 of above mentioned Web Page] has caused me to plan another trip to the Beartooth this spring. As soon as the plows open the pass, we plan to traverse it once again. He says "By the way, check out http://www.mtpolitics.net/beartooth2.html for a look at some Beartooth pictures circa 5/1/03."

Professor Wegner has an excellent series of maps to go with his trip. CAUTION: Professor Wegner's Map Pages (and music) work very well on Microsoft Internet Explorer Browser, but the maps (and the music) get left out when I use Mozilla Firebird Browser on either Windows or Macintosh Computer. These maps likewise do not work with Netscape 4.77 Internet Browse,r nor Sarfari (Mac) Browser. No word yet about newer Netscape versions. Click here for his new Map Series http://home.att.net/~wagtail/D1.htm

Mark Richardson’s ZMM Route Journal

Mark Richardson, a motorcycle and auto editor and writer for the Toronto Star, started out on the ZMM Route Monday July 19th, 2004. This photo album from our gallery documents his trip. http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=MarkRichardson

The Site of Two Guys Riding the ZMM Route in July 2004

In the summer of 2004, a duo of motorcyclists from Germany followed the complete ZMM Route on two Harley motorcycles. On 1 July 2004, they started by renting their motorcycles from "Eaglerider Chicago” , what.they understand to be the largest "Harley Rental Dealer" in the States. Then, they rode to Minneapolis soon thereafter to continue their ZMM Trip. Their names and emails are Franz Schabmueller fschabmueller**schabmueller.com and Gregor Schleicher gregor.schleicher**gmx.net (insert appropriate symbol at asterisk; coded to prevent spam).

During the ride, they took pictures and posted daily reports on the site to get the most recent impression available. They stated “I hope we agree that this is maybe a fitting way to honour the spirit of Mr. Pirsig's work.” (Of course I agreed!) They hope Mr. Pirsig and all persons who visit their webpages will sign their Guestbook! Click here for http://www.zenride.com . (ALTERNATIVELY, you will get the same Web Pages if you click here for http://www.phaedrus-way.com

The ZMM Route and Maps

Annotated ZMM Route Map

Dr. Glendinning of Psybertron.org has created an annotated map of the "ZMM Route". It has city names, state boundaries, rivers and other topographical land features like forests etc, as well as the ZMM Route itself shown in color... a much-needed resource to research and understand Robert Pirsig and his two books ZMM and LILA. The"Annotated Map," comes up very nicely on your computer screen with the MAP (bottom half of screen) and the "Time / Place / Narrative Word Box” (top half of screen). This web-based map has worked nicely on a variety of computers, even old ones! Go here to view the ZMM route map http://www.psybertron.org/zammjourneyframe.html

See also Psybertron’s Pirsig Pages for one of the most extensive online collections of ZMM & Pirsig resources, including a timeline of Robert Pirsig’s life. http://www.psybertron.org/pirsigpages.html

Interesting Miles City, Montana Links

Many of these pages include good photographs.

• Miles City Historic Walking Tour http://www.his.state.mt.us/shpo/community/miles%20city/MilesCity.htm
• An 1883 Hand Painted Arial View of Miles City (Click to Enlarge)

http://www.snapshotsofthepast.com/milescitymontana1883panoramicmap.html

• Photos of Miles City and Surrounding Countryside (Note: You MUST SCROLL DOWN LIST and click on items that specifically say Miles City )

http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtphotos/custer/

• Custer County Court House http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtphotos/courthouse/custer-miles-city-courthouse.htm
• A Testament to the Well Built & Very Enjoyable Buildings in Miles City http://www.montanamagazine.com/0104/outlook.html
• Miles City Montana, Main Street Picture & Links provided by Chamber of Commerce

http://www.mcchamber.com/

• A Good Miles City History Article http://www.mcchamber.com/ THEN click on History at left.
• A Very Nice Capsule Summery if Miles City Montana from Rand-Mc Nally Map Web Page. http://www.randmcnally.com/rmc/explore/exploreCityMain.jsp?poi_id=227000324

The above site, as well as http://www.mapquest.com/ has a Web "Map Presenter" for this town and many other areas of USA.

The Philosophical and the Literary

A Site to Share and Learn about Robert Pirsig and his Literary Works

According to the “Metaphysics of Quality” (MOQ) website, "MOQ.org exists to provide a forum for discussion and study of the Metaphysics of Quality as proposed by Robert M Pirsig in his books Lila [An Inquiry into MORALS] and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" [An Inquiry into VALUES] . Click here for http://www.moq.org/

Psybertron’s Pirsig Pages, An Extensive Collection of ZMM & Pirsig Resources

This website, created by Ian Glendinning (a time-management expert), puts together an impressive array of ZMM and Pirsig information. Included are a timeline of Robert Pirsig’s life and an annotated map of the ZMM route, essential resources for researching and understanding Robert Pirsig and his two books ZMM and LILA. And ... well ... that is precisely why these resources were created: Dr. Glendinning discovered ZMM as an assigned text in his Graduate Degree Program, and he is now embarking on a major research effort to apply ZMM to the general problem of ZMM Enlightened Management in our troubled times. I can't say "Quality Management," because this is now a horribly "abused term." (See below for Anthony Mc Watt's webpage on British Schools.) And of course, these are exactly the troubles that Pirsig pointed to us in ZMM and LILA. Peruse Psybertron’s Pirsig Pages by going here http://www.psybertron.org/pirsigpages.html

You will find much, much, more additional information concerning ZMM and Pirsig if you search around. Also on this site are Dr. Glendinning's wide-ranging interests reported in his regular "Blogs." Click here for http://www.psybertron.org/

A Philosophical Study of Robert Pirsig's "Metaphysics of Quality (MOQ)"

A site primarily concerned with Robert Pirsig's Metaphysics of Quality. The site is created and run by a post-graduate at the University of Liverpool's Department of Philosophy and contains a considerable amount of material on Pirsig not available elsewhere. This is a new site, but nevertheless is the result of Mr. Mc Watt's many years study of Pirsig's ZMM and LILA. His new book on the Philosophy of MOQ, is available (complete ~ 0.8 MB) as a link at the top-center of his Home Web Page. This book, the result of his Ph.D. Thesis, is a "Textbook for the Philosophical Study of Robert Pirsig's Metaphysics of Quality" (MOQ). Dr. Mc Watt is a regular contributor to www.moq.org where you may study many of his articles. (Also see MOQ Web Link above).

Be sure to click on the "News" Link of Dr. Mc Watt's homepage. Furthermore, he has an excellent Web Article on the Mis-use of Quality in the British Schools and Universities. http://www.anthonymcwatt.co.uk

Weather & Landscape Serve To Telegraph Ones Inner Thinking

In the conclusion to his essay “Place, Vision, and Identitiy in Native American Literatures,” Professor Robert Nelson discusses the impact of the book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". Nelson writes:

To me, Professor is suggesting that the ZMM-enthusiast, (modern explorer), traveling west like ZMM author Robert Pirsig, would sense Pirsig's landscape in new or more profound ways. Perhaps with Travel Guide, the modern traveler could become a "Pirsig Pilgrim". The enlightening experience, of the pilgrimage and the landscape, would then provide in new ways of seeing and experiencing. As Professor Nelson said in a different article, "[ ZMM provides new ways of seeing] what is in front of you, around you, and within you".

Click here to read Professor Nelson 's conclusion to “Place, Vision and Identity” http://www.richmond.edu/~rnelson/PandV/conclusion.html
To zero in on the ZMM-related passage quoted above, you can either use your Edit => Find => "role of landscapes" or scroll ¾ of the way down the page.

For the rest of Professor Nelson's essay “Place, Vision, and Identitiy in Native American Literatures,” click on these two links for the introduction and body
http://www.richmond.edu/~rnelson/PandV/intro.html
http://www.richmond.edu/~rnelson/pvi.html

For Professor Nelson's homepage and some of his published articles, see http://www.richmond.edu/~rnelson/

A Site to Share and Learn about Many Philosophical Ideas

The ZMM quality website wishes to thank Doug Renselle for posting our "Find Historical Site Information Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" on his Quantonics website. Click here for http://www.Quantonics.com/

“Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” in Schools

Tarleton State Writing Program: Robert Pirsig Resources Project

For a good example of ZMM in a writing program, check out the Robert Pirsig Resources Project at Tarleton State University. Click here for an archived webpage from Tarleton State University. http://web.archive.org/web/19981206060153/gopher.tarleton.edu/academics/depts/english/pirsig.htm

Pirsig Personal

Pirsig FAQ

Some of ZMMQ.org’s most frequently asked questions are answered here.

A Timeline of Pirsig’s Life

The website Psybertron, created by Ian Glendinning (a time-management expert), has a wonderful "Time Line" of the major events in ZMM author Robert Pirsig's life. It is the most extensive, detailed, and well researched that I have seen! His timeline is a much-needed resource to research and understand Robert Pirsig and his two books ZMM and LILA.
http://www.psybertron.org/timeline.html
See also Psybertron’s Pirsig Pages for one of the most extensive online collections of ZMM & Pirsig resources, including an annotated map of the ZMM Route. http://www.psybertron.org/pirsigpages.html

A Tribute To Dean Maynard E. Pirsig, Robert Pirsig's Father, University of Minnesota Law School

Click here for Tribute Dean Maynard E. Pirsig http://www.moq.org/links/LinkData/DeanPirsigTribute.html

If this link does not work, try Click here for http://www.moq.org/
AND THEN click "links", AND THEN scroll down to near mid page, AND THEN click

More History About Maynard E. Pirsig, who was Robert M. Pirsig's Father

Their was once-upon-a-time, a web page called "History Maynard E. Pirsig". Unfortunately this site is no longer working, but I am trying to locate where it may be found. If you have any information to offer please contact me. Those persons who have access to Law Libraries might consult the University of Minnesota Law School book/journal => “In Pursuit of Excellence -- A History of the University of Minnesota Law School, Part IV, The Pirsig Years.-- A Time of Transition.” Volume 63, MINN. L. REV. 229 (1979). For more information you may contact me, henryg**aiken.sc.edu . I have collected much additional information about Robert M. Pirsig and Dean Maynard E. Pirsig.

Miscellany: For Things with a Quality All their Own

"The Church of the Minorites" by Lionel Feininger.

ZMM author, Robert Pirsig, has many connections to Minneapolis, MN. Hanging in Phaedrus' English Dept. Office, at Montana State University-Bozeman was a reproduction of painting named "The Church of the Minorites" by Lionel Feininger. Here is what Pirsig said in ZMM: "…… not a painting, it's a print of a painting he ordered from New York and which De Weese had frowned at because it was a print and prints are of art and not art themselves, a distinction he didn't recognize at the time. But the print, Feininger's 'Church of the Minorites,' had an appeal to him that was irrelevant to the art in that its subject, a kind of Gothic cathedral, created from semiabstract lines and planes and colors and shades, seemed to reflect his mind's vision of the Church of Reason and that was why he'd put it here. All this comes back now. This was his office………."(p.143).

Bill Paton sent me the following email: There is a painting in "…the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis where Robert Pirsig is from. It is "The Church of the Minorites II" by Lyonel Feininger and is undoubtedly the print that Pirsig had on the wall.

There are actually two paintings by Feininger of the same name, “Church of the Minorites I” and “Church of the Minorites II.”

Click here for Feininger’s "The Church of the Minorites I ”. Nick Adams of http://www.siliconsalon.com was kind enough to provide Quantonics.com with the graphic.

Click here for ZMM Quality Gallery’s “The Church of the Minorites II.”

Click here for the Walker Art Center’s “The Church of the Minorites II.”

For the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN, go here.

For examples of other paintings by Lionel Feininger, click here.

A Complete List of Professor Henry Gurr's Webpages and Contact Information

Henry Gurr's University Web Pages

Here you will find information concerning my Physics Teaching. For Example: Teaching Philosophy, Experiments, Demonstrations, Aeolian Harp, Camera Obscura, AND Demonstrations incorporated into the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center. Linked from this webpage is also a letter to my physics students outlining "The Objectives of Physics". http://www.usca.edu/math/~mathdept/hsg

My Proposed Search for ZMM Historical Site Locations (Spring 2002).
http://www.usca.edu/math/~mathdept/hsg/ZMMFindSiteInfo.html

Information Concerning the Book "The Guidebook to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". (Information Concerning Lists of "Best Books” Will Also Appear.)
http://www.usca.edu/math/~mathdept/hsg/ZMMFindSiteInfo.html#Guidebook

My Modest Collection of "Best Books Lists" Where Robert Pirsig's ZMM is Listed As Among Other Classics Authors Such as Tolstoy, Melville, and J.R.R. Tolkien. (For Example: "Top 100 Novels" / "Best Spiritual Books of Century" & "Great Books".
http://www.usca.edu/math/~mathdept/hsg/ZMMFindSiteInfo.html#BestBooks

My "Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" General Web Pages. (This is what you are looking at right now)
http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/index.php?n=Main.HomePage

My Zen & Art Motorcycle Gallery and other photos such as Robert Pirsig, Chris, John, and Sylvia. http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/"

University of South Carolina Aiken Library. http://library.usca.sc.edu/

Webmaster for this website is
Henry S. Gurr
Professor of Physics Emeritus
University of South Carolina Aiken
471 University Parkway
Aiken SC 29801
Email: henryg**aiken.sc.edu

If you discover problems in these webpages or you need some information or data concerning the ZMM Book, please do not hesitate to contact me. You may write to me at the above address OR phone or email at the following:
Phone Work 803 641 3453 (14 rings will get a secretary.
henryg**aiken.sc.edu
(Coded to confuse the computers of the spammers. Please put the correct symbol in the correct place.)

Pirsig Frequently Asked Questions

Can You Give Me his US Mail or his Email Address?

No. He does not want any address given out.

How Did You Get Those Pictures from Pirsig's Trip? Did He Provide Them to You?
The pictures from Pirsig's original 1968 trip were sent to me by Pirsig himself. I had asked him if there were any pictures that could be used (for my research) to find the actual locations of scenes along the "ZMM Route." He had seen my (sufficiently substantial) webpages at that time, and his response was to send me the pictures for ZMM research. He also stated I could place his pictures in my ZMM Quality Web Photo Albums.

I'd Be Interested to Know a Little About You and Your Relationship with Pirsig
Starting in approximately 1993, I had my students read ZMM as part of their physics class requirements. I found that the ZMM book was a very successful adjunct for: 1) the students' study of Physics, 2) their overall understanding of the processes of learning, and 3) how to deal with "Gumption Traps." Moreover, ZMM's "Church of Reason" chapters helped my students to constructively understand what was supposed to happen at a university as opposed to what was actually happening! Or perhaps I should say, what was NOT happening. This experience prompted me, soon thereafter, to write to Pirsig with a number of questions.

I wanted additional "data" to justify (to other possibly concerned university personnel) why I was using ZMM every year in my physics classes. For example, I wanted to find out the names of colleges and universities that used ZMM in their classes. I wanted to learn how they actually used ZMM. I wanted to gather data/testimonials as to ZMM's contribution to their students' overall learning and intellectual maturity. Also, I asked Pirsig about maps of the ZMM Route.

Pirsig, in a 9 July 1994 response, stated: "In answer to your question b), I would estimate that somewhere between 10 and 60 percent of colleges and high schools use ZMM in one or more courses. Usually these are literature of philosophy courses, sometimes psychology and sociology --- rarely science. U.S. sales have been running about 100,000 per year for the last 20 years, a really unusual figure. It has been stated in the London Daily Telegraph and by the BBC that ZMM is the 'most widely read philosophy book --- ever'. I give credit to the academic system for this, but I don't have any accurate information on who is using it or where it is being used." As for the maps, he directed me to the map/itinerary in Disanto and Steel's "Guidebook to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance."

Several years later, I found passages from author Owen Barfield (appendix of his book "Poetic Diction") that had very interesting conclusions about "The Subject-Object Split"; it's history, and other ramifications. What Barfield said confirmed what Pirsig had said in ZMM on this same "Subject-Object Split" topic. I sent Xerox copies these passages, with letter of explanation, to Pirsig.

I might here add that Owen Barfield (as well as Michael Polanyi) seems to have arrived at many, many, conclusions that agree with Pirsig's major assertions in ZMM. What is very significant to me is that Barfield's and Polanyi's general agreement with Pirsig (on many major points) was achieved independently and by completely different starting points and routes of travel, than those of Pirsig.

For these reasons I had hoped that Pirsig might be moved to actually study Barfield. In his reply, Pirsig said that he was glad to hear someone else agreed with him. But I could tell by his reply that he was disinclined to pursue the matter further. Through these years, I wrote perhaps three/four letters to Pirsig requesting information. He fully and promptly answered all of them.

When I was making plans to actually travel the "ZMM Route," in early 2002, I began to search diligently for various persons who had already actually traveled the ZMM Route. I wanted to learn what they had found, in preparation for my own ZMM research trip. I wanted to build on what they had found and I did not want to waste time by unnecessarily duplicating their effort. I was able to make a just a few successful contacts and about half of these persons contributed essays for my webpages. I had hoped this would be a way to gain useful ZMM Route information, but overall this approach was disappointing. Given the relative unsuccessful quantity of information found, I finally decided to write Pirsig. The fact that I had gone to considerable effort, as shown in my webpages at that time, must have been convincing to Pirsig, because he was quite helpful. He provided maps, literature resources, and many suggestions. Most of his contributions are now incorporated into my "Travel Guide to ZMM."

I Have Been Hoping to Hear Pirsig's Voice Some Day. Has Someone Posted an MP3 File of Him Speaking?
Webmaster Henry Gurr replies: I am aware of only two recordings of Pirsig’s voice. (I invite readers to send in their suggestions if they have any additional information to offer.) One ZMM enthusiast, having read this FAQ, gave me the following information:

“Hello Henry, I've found the cassette [of Pirsig’s voice], and it's from [the National Public Radio, NPR] “All Things Considered” program of January 10, 1992. I've listened to it, and Pirsig sounds a lot less scratchy and not quite as "old" as I'd remembered. At first he seems a bit hesitant in conversation, but then really lights up when a topic engages him, such as William James Sidis, or when he explains _koan_ to the interviewer, or when he reads from [Pirsig’s new book] “Lila” Much of the interview, of course, is focused on “Lila”, as it had just come out a few months previously, and it's interesting to hear him discuss his conception of the book. The program came on two cassettes, and the interview is about 10 or so minutes in on side 2 of the first cassette. (For ease of reference, only the first cassette has sides 1 and 2; the other is
labeled with side 3 and a blank 4 ….. snip …..”

Here are my thoughts, after hearing this NPR Program: Very, very interesting. Very valuable!! Excellent! It is a very good interview! Pirsig was really primed and has strong delivery on a whole string of ideas. I did not know and I NEED to know much of what he said!! He has a very strong "stage delivery"! I did not expect this. Also he has a "zest " >for living that is admirable! I some-how had expected that all his personal problems trashed through in ZMM, would have drained away all his ‘get up and go’. Also, 15 years to write Lila is a long time!!! I agree--when Pirsig gets fired up, it's obvious that these ideas still engage him.

I told the person who sent me that information that I would eventually contact NPR, to see if they would allow an mp3 file of that interview program to be available on the web. In the meantime, Gary Wegner has directed me to the 1992 NPR interview and a 1974 interview online. Gary has kindly posted links to these interviews on the Wikipedia entry for Robert Pirsig as well.

To hear Noah Adams’ 1992 NPR interview of Pirsig, go here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4612367

An additional NPR interview of Pirsig by Connie Goldman from July 12, 1974 has surfaced as well:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4612364

If anyone runs across any other recordings of Pirsig, please contact me at henryg**usca.edu.

What is the Correct Model and Number of Mr. Pirsig's Motorcycle Shown in the Photographs on Your ZMM Quality.org Gallery?

Mr. Ken Steiner writes the following: "I would like to mention that the motorcycle in the first photo is identified as a Honda CB360. The correct designation is a CB 77 305 Super Hawk. I believe the CB360 was manufactured at a much later date. …. The [links below] provides a photo of the CB360 and additional descriptive information. The Honda CB360 was manufactured from 1974 to 1976. I had rebuilt and owned a 1966 Honda CL77 305, This is a very similar bike to the CB77 pictured on the web-photo. They use the same engine, but the CB77 frame is configured for street and trip use while the CL77 is more of a sport bike that can be used off-road. In any case the photo is not that of a CB360. See http://www.vjmw.org/tests/CB360.htm Here is a link depicting the CB77: http://www.honda305.com/cb77_000/cb77-006.htm

Webmaster Master Henry Gurr replies: The captions of those 12 pictures from Mr. Pirsig were written by him personally except for my additions in [brackets]. The designation = " A. ”CB360_~l.TIF" was the original computer file name that went with that picture. It was his own abbreviation to indicate in his computer files which-picture-was-what. I believe he used this same abbreviation in each of the photo captions as he composed them prior to sending them to me. And that is the caption I placed on each of those 12 pictures you saw on my web gallery. I have seen the designation as 305 Super Hawk several places on the web, but of course there is no adequate way to verify this source of information. I will eventually write to Mr. Pirsig for clarification.

Where May I View a Photo of Robert Pirsig's Former Minneapolis Home?
Webmaster Henry Gurr replies: In my Gallery of photos you may view Robert Pirsig's former Minneapolis, which was at 458 Otis Avenue, St Paul, MN. This was the home he and family lived in at the time ZMM was written. Go to the ZMMQ Gallery Album in "Mark Richardson's Journal"

Links & Information About Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and its Author Robert Pirsig

HTML Version of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”

An HTML version of ZMM made available by the Virtual School, a self-described distributed learning community. http://www.virtualschool.edu/mon/Quality/PirsigZen/index.html

Order the Book Online

An Amazon.com search offers the paperback, hardcover, mass-market paperback (the pink copy) as well as related titles. Click here

Fellow ZMM Travelers

The ZMM Route and Maps

Annotated ZMM Route Map

Dr. Glendinning of Psybertron.org has created an annotated map of the "ZMM Route". It has city names, state boundaries, rivers and other topographical land features like forests etc, as well as the ZMM Route itself shown in color... a much-needed resource to research and understand Robert Pirsig and his two books ZMM and LILA. The"Annotated Map," comes up very nicely on your computer screen with the MAP (bottom half of screen) and the "Time / Place / Narrative Word Box” (top half of screen). This web-based map has worked nicely on a variety of computers, even old ones! Go here to view the ZMM route map http://www.psybertron.org/zammjourneyframe.html

See also Psybertron’s Pirsig Pages for one of the most extensive online collections of ZMM & Pirsig resources, including a timeline of Robert Pirsig’s life. http://www.psybertron.org/pirsigpages.html

Interesting Miles City, Montana Links

Many of these pages include good photographs.

• Miles City Historic Walking Tour http://www.his.state.mt.us/shpo/community/miles%20city/MilesCity.htm
• An 1883 Hand Painted Arial View of Miles City (Click to Enlarge)

http://www.snapshotsofthepast.com/milescitymontana1883panoramicmap.html

• Photos of Miles City and Surrounding Countryside (Note: You MUST SCROLL DOWN LIST and click on items that specifically say Miles City )

http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtphotos/custer/

• Custer County Court House http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtphotos/courthouse/custer-miles-city-courthouse.htm
• A Testament to the Well Built & Very Enjoyable Buildings in Miles City http://www.montanamagazine.com/0104/outlook.html
• Miles City Montana, Main Street Picture & Links provided by Chamber of Commerce

http://www.mcchamber.com/

• A Good Miles City History Article http://www.mcchamber.com/ THEN click on History at left.
• A Very Nice Capsule Summery if Miles City Montana from Rand-Mc Nally Map Web Page. http://www.randmcnally.com/rmc/explore/exploreCityMain.jsp?poi_id=227000324

The above site, as well as http://www.mapquest.com/ has a Web "Map Presenter" for this town and many other areas of USA.

The Philosophical and the Literary

Psybertron’s Pirsig Pages, An Extensive Collection of ZMM & Pirsig Resources

This website, created by Ian Glendinning (a time-management expert), puts together an impressive array of ZMM and Pirsig information. Included are a timeline of Robert Pirsig’s life and an annotated map of the ZMM route, essential resources for researching and understanding Robert Pirsig and his two books ZMM and LILA. And ... well ... that is precisely why these resources were created: Dr. Glendinning discovered ZMM as an assigned text in his Graduate Degree Program, and he is now embarking on a major research effort to apply ZMM to the general problem of ZMM Enlightened Management in our troubled times. I can't say "Quality Management," because this is now a horribly "abused term." (See below for Anthony Mc Watt's webpage on British Schools.) And of course, these are exactly the troubles that Pirsig pointed to us in ZMM and LILA. Peruse Psybertron’s Pirsig Pages by going here http://www.psybertron.org/pirsigpages.html

You will find much, much, more additional information concerning ZMM and Pirsig if you search around. Also on this site are Dr. Glendinning's wide-ranging interests reported in his regular "Blogs." Click here for http://www.psybertron.org/

A Philosophical Study of Robert Pirsig's "Metaphysics of Quality (MOQ)"

A site primarily concerned with Robert Pirsig's Metaphysics of Quality. The site is created and run by a post-graduate at the University of Liverpool's Department of Philosophy and contains a considerable amount of material on Pirsig not available elsewhere. This is a new site, but nevertheless is the result of Mr. Mc Watt's many years study of Pirsig's ZMM and LILA. His new book on the Philosophy of MOQ, is available (complete ~ 0.8 MB) as a link at the top-center of his Home Web Page. This book, the result of his Ph.D. Thesis, is a "Textbook for the Philosophical Study of Robert Pirsig's Metaphysics of Quality" (MOQ). Dr. Mc Watt is a regular contributor to www.moq.org where you may study many of his articles. (Also see MOQ Web Link above).

Be sure to click on the "News" Link of Dr. Mc Watt's homepage. Furthermore, he has an excellent Web Article on the Mis-use of Quality in the British Schools and Universities. http://www.anthonymcwatt.co.uk

Weather & Landscape Serve To Telegraph Ones Inner Thinking

In the conclusion to his essay “Place, Vision, and Identitiy in Native American Literatures,” Professor Robert Nelson discusses the impact of the book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". Nelson writes:

To me, Professor is suggesting that the ZMM-enthusiast, (modern explorer), traveling west like ZMM author Robert Pirsig, would sense Pirsig's landscape in new or more profound ways. Perhaps with Travel Guide, the modern traveler could become a "Pirsig Pilgrim". The enlightening experience, of the pilgrimage and the landscape, would then provide in new ways of seeing and experiencing. As Professor Nelson said in a different article, "[ ZMM provides new ways of seeing] what is in front of you, around you, and within you".

Click here to read Professor Nelson 's conclusion to “Place, Vision and Identity” http://www.richmond.edu/~rnelson/PandV/conclusion.html
To zero in on the ZMM-related passage quoted above, you can either use your Edit => Find => "role of landscapes" or scroll ¾ of the way down the page.

For the rest of Professor Nelson's essay “Place, Vision, and Identitiy in Native American Literatures,” click on these two links for the introduction and body
http://www.richmond.edu/~rnelson/PandV/intro.html
http://www.richmond.edu/~rnelson/pvi.html

For Professor Nelson's homepage and some of his published articles, see http://www.richmond.edu/~rnelson/

“Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” in Schools

Tarleton State Writing Program: Robert Pirsig Resources Project

For a good example of ZMM in a writing program, check out the Robert Pirsig Resources Project at Tarleton State University. Click here for an archived webpage from Tarleton State University. http://web.archive.org/web/19981206060153/gopher.tarleton.edu/academics/depts/english/pirsig.htm

Pirsig Personal

Pirsig FAQ

Some of ZMMQ.org’s most frequently asked questions are answered here.

A Timeline of Pirsig’s Life

The website Psybertron, created by Ian Glendinning (a time-management expert), has a wonderful "Time Line" of the major events in ZMM author Robert Pirsig's life. It is the most extensive, detailed, and well researched that I have seen! His timeline is a much-needed resource to research and understand Robert Pirsig and his two books ZMM and LILA.
http://www.psybertron.org/timeline.html
See also Psybertron’s Pirsig Pages for one of the most extensive online collections of ZMM & Pirsig resources, including an annotated map of the ZMM Route. http://www.psybertron.org/pirsigpages.html

Miscellany: For Things with a Quality All their Own

A Complete List of Professor Henry Gurr's Webpages and Contact Information

Here you will find information concerning my Physics Teaching. For Example: Teaching Philosophy, Experiments, Demonstrations, Aeolian Harp, Camera Obscura, AND Demonstrations incorporated into the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center. Linked from this webpage is also a letter to my physics students outlining "The Objectives of Physics". http://www.usca.edu/math/~mathdept/hsg

Information Concerning the Book "The Guidebook to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". (Information Concerning Lists of "Best Books” Will Also Appear.)

My "Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" General Web Pages. (This is what you are looking at right now)

My Zen & Art Motorcycle Gallery and other photos such as Robert Pirsig, Chris, John, and Sylvia. http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/"

Webmaster for this website is

Links & Information About Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and its Author Robert Pirsig.

Many thanks to Paul Lewis, a reference librarian and webmaster at the University of South Carolina - Aiken for suggesting and helping to construct this website. Paul is the person who originally pointed out the wonderful website software PmWiki and php Gallery. You will be most interested in Paul’s explanation of the many virtues of many other free open source software downloads at: http://opensource.usca.edu. Learn more about this software at my "Acknowledgements" page (under Main Menu) and also at http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=ZMMQplanning.

Basic Information on Robert Pirsig and his Book “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”

At the two links below, you will find basic encyclopedia type information about Robert Pirsig and ZMM. You will see that "Wikipedia" is an excellent web based encyclopedia plus web Links. It is continually updated by experts who willingly share their knowledge, their time, their energy, for the benefit of all! And you can't beat the price, because like many high quality "volunteer community efforts" on the web, it's free! As is emphasized in ZMM, quality comes from people who care. Incidentally, this is true for the authors of nearly all websites concerning Pirsig and ZMM. These web volunteers care, and that makes all the difference in the world!

Thanks to Professor David Lavery for help advising on ZMM quality Gallery Captions and for suggesting the original idea to make available "Basic Information" for both Pirsig and ZMM. Thanks also to Paul Lewis for suggesting the Wikipedia Encyclopedia as follows: Click here for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pirsig

Photos of Pirsig

Twelve Color Photos of John, Sylvia, Chris and Author Robert Pirsig from their Original 1968 Trip

Here are twelve pictures taken by Robert Pirsig as he, Chris, Sylvia, and John made that 1968 epic voyage described in "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance." I believe these photos were taken in July 1968, while they were actually traveling on that trip. At that time, Pirsig was 39 years old and Chris was 11 years old. John and Sylvia are about the same age as Pirsig. Go here and click on the first album http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/albums.php?set_albumListPage=1. Thanks to Paul Lewis for the installation of ZMM Quality Gallery and Installation of ZMM Quality PM Wiki Pages.

Photo of Robert Pirsig, author of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"

This photograph was taken by David Brill, National Geographic photographer, around 1974. Also shown is the bike that Pirsig rode during the trip described in ZMM. Click here for Robert Pirsig publicity still photo http://members.aol.com/sktea/pirsig-p.htm

Where to Find “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”

Instructions to load the complete ZMM text into your computer (File size ~1.03 mb.)

Bring up this webpage on the screen of your computer, then use the following steps:
At the top left of your Web Browser, Click Edit>All. Then Edit>Copy. Then bring up your Word Processor and Edit>Paste into a blank page in your word processor. Once the complete ZMM text is in your computer word processor, click File > Save-As. You can then search for selected portions of the ZMM book using you word processor search function. Click Here for http://www.design.caltech.edu/Misc/pirsig.html

Fellow Travelers

In the summer of 2003, Professor Wegner again traveled the Beartooth Pass portion of the ZMM Route. Click here for his new photos http://home.att.net/~wagtail2/ .

Professor Wegner stated in a recent email: "The LINK on picture [#32 of above mentioned Web Page] has caused me to plan another trip to the Beartooth this spring. As soon as the plows open the pass, we plan to traverse it once again. He says "By the way, check out http://www.mtpolitics.net/beartooth2.html for a look at some Beartooth pictures circa 5/1/03."

Professor Wegner has an excellent series of maps to go with his trip. CAUTION: Professor Wegner's Map Pages (and music) work very well on Microsoft Internet Explorer Browser, but the maps (and the music) get left out when I use Mozilla Firebird Browser on either Windows or Macintosh Computer. These maps likewise do not work with Netscape 4.77 Internet Browse,r nor Sarfari (Mac) Browser. No word yet about newer Netscape versions. Click here for his new Map Series http://home.att.net/~wagtail/D1.htm

Mark Richardson’s ZMM Route Journal

Mark Richardson, a motorcycle and auto editor and writer for the Toronto Star, started out on the ZMM Route Monday July 19th, 2004. This photo album from our gallery documents his trip. http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=MarkRichardson

The Site of Two Guys Riding the ZMM Route in July 2004

In the summer of 2004, a duo of motorcyclists from Germany followed the complete ZMM Route on two Harley motorcycles. On 1 July 2004, they started by renting their motorcycles from "Eaglerider Chicago” , what.they understand to be the largest "Harley Rental Dealer" in the States. Then, they rode to Minneapolis soon thereafter to continue their ZMM Trip. Their names and emails are Franz Schabmueller fschabmueller**schabmueller.com and Gregor Schleicher gregor.schleicher**gmx.net (insert appropriate symbol at asterisk; coded to prevent spam).

During the ride, they took pictures and posted daily reports on the site to get the most recent impression available. They stated “I hope we agree that this is maybe a fitting way to honour the spirit of Mr. Pirsig's work.” (Of course I agreed!) They hope Mr. Pirsig and all persons who visit their webpages will sign their Guestbook! Click here for http://www.zenride.com . (ALTERNATIVELY, you will get the same Web Pages if you click here for http://www.phaedrus-way.com

Forums

A Site to Share and Learn about Robert Pirsig and his Literary Works

According to the “Metaphysics of Quality” (MOQ) website, "MOQ.org exists to provide a forum for discussion and study of the Metaphysics of Quality as proposed by Robert M Pirsig in his books Lila [An Inquiry into MORALS] and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" [An Inquiry into VALUES] . Click here for http://www.moq.org/

A Site to Share and Learn about Many Philosophical Ideas

The ZMM quality website wishes to thank Doug Renselle for posting our "Find Historical Site Information Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" on his Quantonics website. Click here for http://www.Quantonics.com/

This website, created by Ian Glendinning (a time-management expert) has a wonderful "Time Line" of the major event in ZMM author Robert Pirsig's life. It is the most extensive, detailed, and well researched that I have seen! Dr. Glendinning has also created an annotated map of the "ZMM Route". It has city names, state boundaries, rivers and other topographical land features like forests etc, as well as the ZMM Route itself shown in color. As is the case for his "Time Line" and his "Annotated Map," these are a much-needed resource to research and understand Robert Pirsig and his two books ZMM and LILA. And ... well ... that is precisely why these resources were created: Dr. Glendinning discovered ZMM as an assigned text in his Graduate Degree Program, and he is now embarking on a major research effort to apply ZMM to the general problem of ZMM Enlightened Management in our troubled times. I can't say "Quality Management," because this is now a horribly "abused term." (See below for Anthony McWatt's webpage on British Schools.) And of course, these are exactly the troubles that Pirsig pointed to us in ZMM and LILA.

Concerning this "Annotated Map," it is very nice to see that it comes up nicely with the MAP (bottom half of screen) and the "Time / Place / Narrative Word Box” (top half of screen). This web-based map has worked nicely on a variety of computers, even old ones! Click here for http://www.psybertron.org/pirsigpages.html , THEN scan down about 4 inches to find "timeline of his [Pirsig's] life" and "a map of the ZMM route".

On this websSite, you will find much, much, more information concerning ZMM and Pirsig if you search around Also on this site are Dr. Glendinning's wide-ranging interests reported in his regular "Blogs." Click here for http://www.psybertron.org/

Weather & Landscape Serve To Telegraph Ones Inner Thinking

In the conclusion to his essay “Place, Vision, and Identitiy in Native American Literatures,” Professor Robert Nelson discusses the impact of the book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". Nelson writes:

To me, Professor is suggesting that the ZMM-enthusiast, (modern explorer), traveling west like ZMM author Robert Pirsig, would sense Pirsig's landscape in new or more profound ways. Perhaps with Travel Guide, the modern traveler could become a "Pirsig Pilgrim". The enlightening experience, of the pilgrimage and the landscape, would then provide in new ways of seeing and experiencing. As Professor Nelson said in a different article, "[ ZMM provides new ways of seeing] what is in front of you, around you, and within you".

Click here to read Professor Nelson 's conclusion to “Place, Vision and Identity” http://www.richmond.edu/~rnelson/PandV/conclusion.html
To zero in on the ZMM-related passage quoted above, you can either use your Edit => Find => "role of landscapes" or scroll ¾ of the way down the page.

For the rest of Professor Nelson's essay “Place, Vision, and Identitiy in Native American Literatures,” click on these two links for the introduction and body
http://www.richmond.edu/~rnelson/PandV/intro.html
http://www.richmond.edu/~rnelson/pvi.html

For Professor Nelson's homepage and some of his published articles, see http://www.richmond.edu/~rnelson/

Tarleton State Writing Program: Robert Persig Resources Project

For a good example of ZMM in a writing program, check out the Robert Persig Resources Project at Tarleton State University. Click here for an archived webpage from Tarleton State University http://web.archive.org/web/19981206060153/gopher.tarleton.edu/academics/depts/english/pirsig.htm

Church of the Minorites

"The Church of the Minorites" by Lionel Feininger.

ZMM author, Robert Pirsig, has many connections to Minneapolis, MN. Hanging in Phaedrus' English Dept. Office, at Montana State University-Bozeman was a reproduction of painting named "The Church of the Minorites" by Lionel Feininger. Here is what Pirsig said in ZMM: "…… not a painting, it's a print of a painting he ordered from New York and which De Weese had frowned at because it was a print and prints are of art and not art themselves, a distinction he didn't recognize at the time. But the print, Feininger's 'Church of the Minorites,' had an appeal to him that was irrelevant to the art in that its subject, a kind of Gothic cathedral, created from semiabstract lines and planes and colors and shades, seemed to reflect his mind's vision of the Church of Reason and that was why he'd put it here. All this comes back now. This was his office………."(p.143).

Bill Paton sent me the following email: There is a painting in "…the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis where Robert Pirsig is from. It is "The Church of the Minorites II" by Lyonel Feininger and is undoubtedly the print that Pirsig had on the wall.

There are actually two paintings by Feininger of the same name, “Church of the Minorites I” and “Church of the Minorites II.”

Click here for Feininger’s "The Church of the Minorites I ”. Nick Adams of http://www.siliconsalon.com was kind enough to provide Quantonics.com with the graphic.

Click here for ZMM Quality Gallery’s “The Church of the Minorites II.”

Click here for the Walker Art Center’s “The Church of the Minorites II.”

For the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN, go here.

For examples of other paintings by Lionel Feininger, click here.

Interesting Miles City, Montana Links

Many of these pages include good photographs.

A Complete List of Professor Henry Gurr's Webpages and Other Information

My "Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" General Web Pages. (This is what you are looking at right now
http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/index.php?n=Main.HomePage

My Zen & Art Motorcycle Gallery and Other photos such as Robert Pirsig, Chris, John, and Sylvia. http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/"

Web Master for this website is

If you discover problems in these webpages or you need some information or data concerning the ZMM Book, please do not hesitate to contact me. You may write to me at the above address OR phone or email at the following:

An Experiment to find links to my pages.

<a href="http://wholinkstome.com/" title="Click here to see who's linking to this site. Powered by WhoLinksToMe.com.">Who Links Here</a>

Information & Links About book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and it’s author Robert Pirsig.

Many thanks to Paul Lewis, a reference librarian and webmaster at the University of South Carolina - Aiken for suggesting and helping to construct this website.

Paul is the person who originally pointed out the wonderful website software PmWiki and php Gallery. You will be most interested in Paul’s explanation of the many virtues of many other free open source software downloads at:
http://opensource.usca.edu. Learn more about this software at my "Acknowledgements" page and also at http://www.zmmquality.org/gallery/ZMMQplanning.

Basic Information About Robert Pirsig and His Book “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”

At the two links below you will find basic encyclopedia type information about Robert Pirsig and ZMM. You will see that "Wikipedia" is an excellent web based encyclopedia plus web Links. It is continually updated by experts who willingly share their knowledge, their time, their energy, for the benefit of all! And you can't beat the price, because like many high quality "volunteer community efforts" on the web, it's free! As is emphasized in ZMM, quality comes from people who care. Incidentally, this is true for the authors of nearly all websites concerning Pirsig and ZMM. These web volunteers care, and that makes all the difference in the world!

Thanks to Professor David Lavery for help for advising on ZMM quality Gallery Captions and for suggesting the original idea to make available "Basic Information" for both Pirsig and ZMM. Thanks also to Paul Lewis for suggesting the Wikipedia Encyclopedia as follows: Click here for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pirsig
Click here for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance

Twelve Color Photos John, Sylvia, Chris and Author Robert Pirsig While They Were On Their Original 1968 Trip.

Here are twelve pictures taken by Robert Pirsig as he, Chris, Sylvia, and John made that 1968 epic voyage, which is described "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". I believe these photos were taken in July 1968, while they were actually traveling on that trip. At this time Pirsig was 39 years old and Chris 11 years old. John and Sylvia are about the same age as Pirsig. Click here for http://www.zmmquality.org/gallery and then click on the first Album. Thanks to Paul Lewis for the installation of ZMM Quality Gallery and Installation of ZMM Quality PM Wiki Pages.

Black and White Photograph of Robert Pirsig and Chris

Web page has a black and white photograph of Robert Pirsig and Chris on their 1964 Honda Super Hawk motorcycle (Grey, Chrome, and Black). Click here for http://www.levity.com/corduroy/pirsig.htm

A long time ago this site had many interesting links concerning "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" and its author Robert Pirsig. However, links there have suffered “link rot” and no longer work. If you know where to recover any of these web resources, please let me know.

Web Version of the Complete Text for Book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"

This website has the complete text of the book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert Pirsig. With this text saved into your computer word processor by copy and paste, you will have a great resource for any research or study you may want to perform in this book.

Instructions to load the complete ZMM text into your computer (File size ~1.03 mb.) Bring up this Web Page on the screen of your computer, then use the following steps: At the top left of your Web Browser, Click Edit>All. Then Edit>Copy. Then bring up your Word Processor and Edit>Paste into a blank page in your word processor. Once the complete ZMM text is in your computer word processor, click File > Save-As. You can then search for selected portions of the ZMM book using you word processor search function. Click Here for http://www.design.caltech.edu/Misc/pirsig.html

Other websites show links to the full text of the ZMM book. However many such sites no longer work. Send email to: henryg**aiken.sc.edu for links to ZMM sites that currently do supply the full text.

Gary Wegner's "ZMM Route" Photo Album

In 1978, English Professor Gary Wegner followed the route described in the book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". His wonderful series of 74 Color Photos, were taken just thee years after the ZMM book came out in 1975. (Professor Wenger's 1978 trip started in Minneapolis, but he was not able to go beyond Bozeman.) His color photos show excellent views all along his route and most especially the interior of Montana Hall. This is the building in which ZMM author Robert Pirsig taught his English Rhetoric Classes while professor at Montana State University. These are especially valuable photographs, because the old classrooms of this venerated building are no longer there! They were removed by renovations soon after Professor Wegner's trip.

In ZMM, Pirsig describes so well his panic as he goes up the steps of this old brick building and opens the front door of this creaky old building. The very first photo you see on Professor Wegner's site, is in fact this very door of this very same Montana Hall. Click here for http://home.att.net/~wagtail/ . You may hear the mysterious music. Mouse click on the yellow “Enter” See CAUTION NOTE four paragraphs below.

In summer 2003 Professor Wegner again traveled the Beartooth Pass portion of the ZMM Route. Click here for his new photos http://home.att.net/~wagtail2/ .

Professor Wenger stated in a recent email: "The LINK on picture [#32 of above mentioned Web Page] has caused me to plan another trip to the Beartooth this spring. As soon as the plows open the pass, we plan to traverse it once again. He says "By the way, check out http://www.mtpolitics.net/beartooth2.html for a look at some Beartooth pictures circa 5/1/03."

Professor Wegner has an excellent series of maps to go with his trip. CAUTION: Professor Wegner's Map Pages (and music) work very well on Micro Soft Internet Explorer Browser, but the maps (and the music) get left out when I use Mozilla Firebird Browser on either Windows or Macintosh Computer. These maps likewise do not work with Netscape 4.77 Internet Browser nor Sarfari (Mac) Browser. No word yet about newer Netscape versions. Click here for his new Map Series http://home.att.net/~wagtail/D1.htm

Photo of Robert Pirsig, author of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance".

This photograph was taken by David Brill, National Geographic photographer, around 1974. Also shown is the bike that Pirsig rode during the trip described in ZMM. Click here for Robert Pirsig publicity still photo http://members.aol.com/sktea/pirsig-p.htm

The Site of Two Guys Driving the Route from ZMM in July 2004

In the summer of 2004, duo of motorcyclists from Germany have followed the complete ZMM Route on two Harley Motorcycles this summer. On 1 July 2004, they started with the renting of their motorcycles from "Eaglerider Chicago. They understand this to be the largest "Harley Rental Dealer" in the States. They will be in Minneapolis soon thereafter to continue their ZMM Trip. Their names and emails are Franz Schabmueller fschabmueller**schabmueller.com and Gregor Schleicher gregor.schleicher**gmx.net

During the ride thet took pictures and posted daily reports on the site to get the most recent impression available. They stated “I hope we agree that this is maybe a fitting way to honour the spirit of Mr. Pirsig's work.” (Of course I agreed!) They hope Mr. Pirsig and all persons who visit their Web Pages will sign their Guestbook! I have encouraged both Mr. Schleicher and MR. Schabmueller to contact Mr. Pirsig directly via U.S. mail at address I have given in one of the menu items (upper left) called FAQ_ZMM_Pirsig Page

During their ride they posted pictures and daily reports on their Web Site. Click here for http://www.zenride.com . (ALTERNATIVELY, you will get the same Web Pages if you click here for http://www.phaedrus-way.com

A site to share and learn about Robert Pirsig and this literary works

"MOQ.org exists to provide a forum for discussion and study of the Metaphysics of Quality as proposed by Robert M Pirsig in his books Lila [An Inquiry into MORALS] and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" [An Inquiry into VALUES] . Click here for http://www.moq.org/

A site to share and learn about many philosophical ideas

ZMM quality Web Site wishes to thank Doug Renselle for his posting my "Find Historical Site Information Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" on his Quantioics Web Site. Click here for http://www.Quantonics.com/

A Tribute To Dean Maynard E. Pirsig, Robert Pirsig's Father, University of Minnesota Law School

Click here for Tribute Dean Maynard E. Pirsig http://www.moq.org/links/LinkData/DeanPirsigTribute.html

If this link does not work, try Click here for http://www.moq.org/
AND THEN click "links", AND THEN scroll down to near mid page, AND THEN click

More History About Maynard E. Pirsig, who was Robert M. Pirsig's Father

Their was once-upon-a-time, a web page called "History Maynard E. Pirsig". Unfortunately this site is no longer working, but I am trying to locate where it may be found. If you have any information to offer please contact me. Those persons who have access to Law Libraries might consult the University of Minnesota Law School book/journal => “In Pursuit of Excellence -- A History of the University of Minnesota Law School, Part IV, The Pirsig Years.-- A Time of Transition.” Volume 63, MINN. L. REV. 229 (1979). For more information you may contact me, henryg**aiken.sc.edu . I have collected much additional information about Robert M. Pirsig and Dean Maynard E. Pirsig.

Time Line of Robert Pirsig's Life and ZMM Route Annotated Map

This Web Site, created by Ian Glendinning (a time-management expert) has a wonderful "Time Line" of the major event in ZMM author Robert Pirsig's life. It is the most extensive, detailed, and well researched, that I have seen! Dr. Glendinning has also created an annotated map of the "ZMM Route". It has city names, state boundaries, rivers and other topographical land features like forests etc, as well as the ZMM Route itself shown in color. As is the case for his "Time Line" and his "Annotated Map", these are a much-needed resource to research and understand Robert Pirsig and his two books ZMM and LILA. And ... well ... that is precisely why these resources were created: Dr. Glendinning discovered ZMM as an assigned text in his Graduate Degree Program, and he is now embarking on a major research effort to apply ZMM to the general problem of ZMM Enlightened Management in our troubled times. I can't say "Quality Management", because this is now a horribly "abused term". (See below for Anthony Mc Watt's Web Page on British Schools.) And of course, these are exactly the troubles that Pirsig pointed to us in ZMM and LILA.

Concerning this "Annotated Map", it is very nice to see that it comes up nicely with the MAP (bottom half of screen) and the "Time / Place / Narrative Word Box” (top half of screen). This web-based map has worked nicely on a variety of computers, even old ones! Click here for http://www.psybertron.org/pirsigpages.html , THEN scan down about 4 inches to find "timeline of his [Pirsig's] life" and "a map of the ZMM route".

On this Web Site, you will find much, much, more information concerning ZMM and Pirsig if you search around Also on this site are Dr. Glendinning's wide-ranging interests reported in his regular "Blogs" Click here for http://www.psybertron.org/

A Philosophical Study of Robert Pirsig's "Metaphysics of Quality (MOQ)

A site primarily concerned with Robert Pirsig's Metaphysics of Quality. The site is created and run by a post-graduate at the University of Liverpool's Department of Philosophy and contains a considerable amount of material on Pirsig not available elsewhere. This is a new site, but nevertheless is the result of Mr. Mc Watt's many years study of Pirsig's ZMM and LILA. His new book on the Philosophy of MOQ, is available (complete ~ 0.8 MB) as a link at the top-center of his Home Web Page. This book, the result of his Ph.D. Thesis, is a "Textbook for the Philosophical Study of Robert Pirsig's Metaphysics of Quality" (MOQ). Dr. Dewitt is a regular contributor to www.moq.org where you may study many of his articles. (Also see MOQ Web Link above).

Be sure to click on the "News" Link of Dr. Mc Watt's Home Page. Click here for Dr. Mc Watt's home page http://www.anthonymcwatt.co.uk

He has an excellent Web Article on the Mis-use of Quality in the British Schools and Universities. Click here for http://www.anthonymcwatt.co.uk

Robert Pirsig's ZMM book is effectively his Ph.D. Dissertation!

Professor David Lavery, Middle Tennessee State university writes: "Vonnegut and Castaneda, two of the most popular writers of the Seventies and each, in his own way, the founder of a kind of cult of admirers, did finally receive degrees for writing fictions. It is another book, one which began as a dissertation but was never completed as such, that brings us closer to the heart of the matter. [This is] Robert M. Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974)". Click here for complete article "Dissertations as Fictions" http://mtsu32.mtsu.edu:11072/

The Eye of Longing". Professor David Lavery Looks at Robert Pirsig's Search for Life's Reason

An excerpt from this Web Page will indicate the nature of the interesting discussion you will find here: "Robert Pirsig] considers himself to be a master of rational discourse--an expert wielder, he would say, of rationality's knife --Pirsig/Phaedrus knows that his obsession with it stems from insecurity: "His lack of faith in reason was why he was so fanatically dedicated to it." Pirsig/Phaedrus cannot, therefore, maintain his commitment to rationality with any ease. He announces early in the book that he has embarked upon an alternative course of "lateral thought"--seeking "knowledge that's from a wholly different unexpected direction, from a direction that's not even understood as a direction until the knowledge forces itself upon one. Lateral truths point to the falseness of axioms and postulates underlying one's existing system of getting at truth" (121-22). And although he seems to himself and to others to be merely "drifting," he believes he has no other choice if he is to avoid the focal and logical biases of what he calls "the Church of Reason" (the institutionalized, dogmatic acceptance of rational methodology). Throughout his search for "Quality"--a word Pirsig/Phaedrus uses in much the same way as Lao Tzu used ‘Tao’--he insists that the word be left undefined so that he may come upon its meaning in a new way." PLEASE HELP FIND “The Eye of Longing” WEB PAGE. MY OLD URL NO LONGER WORKS => http://mtsu.edu:11072/Writing/Eye%20of%20Longing.htm BAD LINK.

Weather & Landscape Serve To Telegraph Ones Inner Thinking.**

In this "Conclusion" web page, Professor Robert Nelson discusses the impact of the book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". Mid-way in this article he discusses Native American fiction and its relation an American literary mainstream. (Note: After Professor Nelson’s page http://www.richmond.edu/~rnelson/PandV/conclusion.html comes up, you may find this part use using your Edit => Find => "role of landscapes".) ( See also footnote 2) below.)

He continues: "At the time, as I recall, I was especially intrigued by Pirsig's use of climate and geography as controlling metaphors for the intellectual topography of conventional postwar American thinking and spiritual vision, by how conveniently changes in weather and landscape serve to telegraph or accompany changes in the drift and direction of the nameless narrator's own thinking. The topological analogy between landscape and vision in the texture of this novel, I thought, brought into question some of our century's--and our culture's--most cherished assumptions about the primacy and autonomy of human consciousness. In Pirsig's text, the structure and motion of narrative consciousness seemed (and still seems) to me to depend as much on the physical landscape through which it moves as on the currents of the intellectually mainstream ideas it retraces. That is, for all the overt abstractness-- sometimes even abstruseness--of the novel's metaphysical subject matter, its basic structure seem fundamentally realistic, at least in the sense that the structure and motion of its [ZMM's] plot remain consistently responsible to the topography of the physical landscape through which the protagonist moves. Mapping place names and descriptions on a Rand-Mc Nally road atlas, one can trace exactly the protagonist's itinerary all the way from Breckenridge, Minnesota (ZMM page 25) west to Bend, Oregon (ZMM page 294), then south along the Pacific coast towards San Francisco (ZMM page372). I did this, and then I toyed for some time with the idea of replicating (that is, literally driving, though in an automobile rather than on a motorcycle) the narrator's itinerary, just to see whether Pirsig was being so topographically accurate and, if so, whether knowing this would make any difference to a reading of the novel. I never made that trip. Instead, I ended up spending the limited travel time of my first sabbatical to make a different trip for similar purposes [in New Mexico]."

To me, Professor is suggesting that the ZMM-enthusiast, (modern explorer), traveling west like ZMM author Robert Pirsig, would sense Pirsig's landscape in new or more profound ways. Perhaps with Travel Guide, the modern traveler could become a "Pirsig Pilgrim". The enlightening experience, of the pilgrimage and the landscape, would then provide in new ways of seeing and experiencing. As Professor Nelson said in a different article: "[ ZMM provides], New ways of seeing] what is in front of you, around you, and within you". Click here for Prof. 's Place and Vision http://www.richmond.edu/~r/PandV/conclusion.htm

Footnotes For The Above

1. If your computer's "Edit => Find" doesn't work, you may scroll 3/4 way down this page until you find the discussion of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance".
2. For the beginning of Professor 's article click here

http://www.richmond.edu/~rnelson/PandV/intro.html

1. Also visit http://www.richmond.edu/~rnelson/pvi.html
2. For Prof. Nelson's homepage and some of his published articles see http://www.richmond.edu/~rnelson/

Tarleton State Writing Program

For a good example of ZMM in a writing program at Tarleton State University. click here for Archived Web Page of Tarleton State University http://web.archive.org/web/19981206060153/gopher.tarleton.edu/academics/depts/english/pirsig.htm

Church of the Minorities

”The Church of the Minorites" by Lionel Feininger.++]||
ZMM author, Robert Pirsig, has many connection to Minneapolis (Minnesota). Hanging in Phaedrus' English Dept. Office, Montana State University Bozeman was a reproduction of painting named "The Church of the Minorites" by Lionel Feininger. Here is what Pirsig said in ZMM: "…… not a painting, it's a print of a painting he ordered from New York and which DeWeese had frowned at because it was a print and prints are of art and not art themselves, a distinction he didn't recognize at the time. But the print, Feininger's 'Church of the Minorites,' had an appeal to him that was irrelevant to the art in that its subject, a kind of Gothic cathedral, created from semiabstract lines and planes and colors and shades, seemed to reflect his mind's vision of the Church of Reason and that was why he'd put it here. All this comes back now. This was his office………."(p143)

Bill Paton sent me the following email: There is a painting in "…the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis where Robert Pirsig is from. It is "The Church of the Minorites II" by Lyonel Feininger and is undoubtedly the print that Pirsig had on the wall. Click here for Feininger's 'Church of the Minorites' (There are two different Feininger paintings with the same name. You may write to me if you want references as to how to find the second painting.)

Click here for examples of other paintings by Lionel Feininger

Links to Interesting Web Pages Concerning Miles City Montana

Many of These Pages Include Good Photographs

• Miles City Historic Walking Tour http://www.his.state.mt.us/shpo/community/miles%20city/MilesCity.htm
• An 1883 Hand Painted Arial View of Miles City (Click to Enlarge)

http://www.snapshotsofthepast.com/milescitymontana1883panoramicmap.html

• Photos of Miles City and Surrounding Countryside (Note: You MUST SCROLL DOWN LIST and click on items that specifically say Miles City )

http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtphotos/custer/

• Custer County Court House http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtphotos/courthouse/custer-miles-city-courthouse.htm
• A Testament to the Well Built & Very Enjoyable Buildings in Miles City http://www.montanamagazine.com/0104/outlook.html
• Miles City Montana, Main Street Picture & Links provided by Chamber of Commerce

http://www.mcchamber.com/

• A Good Miles City History Article http://www.mcchamber.com/ THEN click on History at left.
• A Very Nice Capsule Summery if Miles City Montana from Rand-Mc Nally Map Web Page. http://www.randmcnally.com/rmc/explore/exploreCityMain.jsp?poi_id=227000324

The above site, as well as http://www.mapquest.com/ has a Web "Map Presenter" for this town and many other areas of USA.

Below Is a Complete List of Professor Henry Gurr's Web Pages and Other Information

Henry Gurr's University Web Pages

Here you will find information concerning my Physics Teaching. For Example: Teaching Philosophy, Experiments, Demonstrations, Aeolian Harp, Camera Obscura, AND Demonstrations incorporated into the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center. Linked from this Web Page is also a letter to my Physics Students Outlining "The Objectives of Physics". http://www.usca.edu/math/~mathdept/hsg

My Proposed Search for ZMM Historical Site Locations (Spring 2002).
http://www.usca.edu/math/~mathdept/hsg/ZMMFindSiteInfo.html

Information Concerning: book "The Guidebook to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". (Information Concerning Lists of "Best Books” Will Also Appear.)
http://www.usca.edu/math/~mathdept/hsg/ZMMFindSiteInfo.html#Guidebook

My Modest Collection of "Best Books Lists" Where Robert Pirsig's ZMM is Listed As Among Other Classics Authors Such as Tolstoy, Melville, and J.R.R. Tolkien. (For Example: "Top 100 Novels" / "Best Spiritual Books of Century" & "Great Books".
http://www.usca.edu/math/~mathdept/hsg/ZMMFindSiteInfo.html#BestBooks

My "Zen & Art Motorcycle Maintenance" General Web Pages. (This is what you are looking at right now.) http://www.ZMMquality.org

My Zen & Art Motorcycle Gallery and Other photos such as Robert Pirsig, Chris, John, and Sylvia. http://www.ZMMquality.org/gallery"

University of South Carolina Aiken Library. http://library.usca.sc.edu/

http://www.ZMMquality.org/Gallery"

Web Master for This Web Site Is
Henry S. Gurr
Professor of Physics Emeritus
University of South Carolina Aiken
471 University Parkway
Aiken SC 29801
Email: henryg**aiken.sc.edu

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