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Teaching, Learning, and Exploration of the book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

Here you will find photos, travel information, essays, and links concerning the book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (ZMM) by Robert Pirsig. This information has been collected through the collaborative efforts of many people. If you are one of those persons, Pirsig enthusiasts around the world thank you! Explore this site and see what their efforts have accomplished!

If you are a beginner, one of your first visits should be these links:

1) A brief introduction to what's on my ZMM Quality Pages see ZMMQ Site For Beginners
2) By far the most popular of my pages or photos are Pirsig's 1968 Photos.!

Help Needed For Making A "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" Video Documentary Marking 40 Years Since Author Pirsig's Original ZMM Trip.

Mr. Lee Glover, an independent documentary filmmaker from Boise Idaho, is traveling and video filming the entire ZMM route during July and early August 2008. This effort will mark the 40 year anniversary Robert Pirsig's original trip with Chris, from Minneapolis to San Francisco.
Mr. Glover needs your help in the following ways:
1) If you happen to be traveling this route, you may volunteer to be filmed and interviewed for this documentary, as a “Pirsig’s Pilgrim”. Whether traveling by motorcycle or not, if you are planning the trip during July/August 2008 (Or know someone who is) please contact Mr. Lee Glove.
2) Similarly if you live, or travel, near the ZMM Route, Lee would like to catch up you along the route this summer for video interview and idea sharing.
3) If you have a passion for ZMM, and have ideas or thoughts you would like to share with others, please let Lee know. Thanks! Henry Gurr 4 July 2008.

Contact Lee Glover, for help with his ZMM Route Documentary
Phone = 208-860-2313 or
Email = leelg77*msn.com (replace the asterisk with the appropriate character).

My 2006 Updates To My Photo Albums Showing the Sights & Scenes of ZMM Book Are Now Completed.

For instructions how to find my newest photos and updated captions, scroll down to November 2006 after you click on ZMMQ News and News Archive in menu at left OR click here http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/Documents/NewsArchive

John Sutherland Interview DVD.

July 2005: In the Summer of 2003, I completed a Video Interview with Mr. John Sutherland, one of the four main people in the ZMM book. A 80 Min DVD-Movie of this interview has been made. This DVD also has 35 of my photos of Mr. Sutherland, his home, his drums and photos of Robert Pirsig's old Minneapolis home & Neighborhood. Contact me for more information.

Now Available: Corrected Full Text to Web Versions of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle maintenance.

On my ZMM Links page (see menu left), I give a link to the Full Text of the entire book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" at Cal Tech. However this has a number of "scanner errors" and other deviations from the Bantam Paperback version of ZMM. I have now made a "Corrected Version" of this Cal Tech ZMM Full Book (ie all the words that are in Bantam Paperback printed versions), done on MSW word processor. Serious researchers may ask me for more information.

Photos At Left Allow You To Select Among Eleven Photo Albums That Illustrate The Book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

This a Gallery of ~1266 Photos is arranged in 11 Albums. Hold you mouse over any of the small photos (at left) for a statement of album contents and number of photos. You may then click any photo to view a full introduction to the contents of each album. Then, clicking on the Album Title (or Album Photo) will take you to a page of 18 "thumbnails" having a description for each photo. You may click on any of these to see a larger photo. Clicking this larger photo will (generally) yeald an even larger photo!!

At the top (or bottom) of any photo or 18 thumbnail page, you will notice Album Description words in blue. These are links for quick "navigation" back up the nested albums. The link labeled "Gallery" in black will take you all the way back to the full Album Descriptions and allow you to select another album. Some of the Album Descriptions will have links to information you may need such as: 1) The (highly recommended) How to use "Gallery SlideShow" feature and 2) Other additional information, such as MOQ Confrence and [[http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/Documents/HelpandDetails| Detailed Information Concerning layout of My ZMMQ Photo Gallery Captions.. These same links are found in the menu on any of my Wiki Pages. Also be sure to note the four navigation links at bottom of every Gallery page.
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A WebSite Called "Making Sense of Knowledge and Learning" Will Help You Fully Understand ZMM Book. Also Many Good Quotes From Pirsig's book.

"The importance of the learning capacity within a human organizations is stressed by Peters and Waterman in "In Search of Excellence" (1982) their best-selling recipe book for managerial success. They say:

What do Peters and Waterman mean when they say that "the excellent companies" are "learning organizations" and that "their practices set conventional management wisdom on its ear" ? ........

The answer they give is "that, traditionally, management theory has concentrated upon formally rational methods and techniques of organization: the design of rational structures, the specification of rules, the standardization of procedures. In short, it [this theory] has prescribed rational methods of organization to the relative neglect of fostering dynamic processes of learning. In Pirsig's terms, Quantity is displaced by Quantity" (This is of course the "Quality" fully described and worked our in Robert Pirsig's "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". [Quotes fm Peters and Waterman above selected by HSG Web Master.]
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/close/hr22/wiswebsite/knowledg.htm

A Very Good Interview With Robert Pirsig, Possibly His Last.

This interview, by Tim Adams, has new information not previously seen.
This new interview was posted by The Manchester (England) Guardian Observer Newspaper, Sunday November 19, 2006.
http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/generalfiction/story/0,,1951536,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=10

Here is Tim Adams own summary & observations re the above interesting interview of Robert Pirsig. Has listing of "ZMM Facts" at end. (Note to WebMaster HSG: This needs to be moved to ZMMQ News and News Archives.)
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1951397,00.html

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