http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery 244 photos in 1 album en-US Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:42:32 -0500 Gallery 1.5.3, http://gallery.menalto.com/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 40 http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/albums/album08/DSC_0124.thumb.jpg http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery 100 150 http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/album08 6e3ef33c9532f852851a5d35be7e4239 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:35:17 -0400 http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=album08 http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/albums/album08/DSC_0124.thumb.jpg http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/albums/album08/DSC_0124.sized.jpg http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/albums/album08/DSC_0124.thumb.jpg 150 100 As Part II closed the Narrator said “<i>I think when the Sutherlands have left, Chris and I should do some climbing up to where that wind starts. I think it’s time he got a better look at that land."</i><br /> Part III opens with the Narrator and Chris doing some mountain climbing and camping. Mixed with the local scenery, the Narrator develops his own Philosophic Perspective. They reach a wonderful climax of the Narrartor's theory of Quality as they correspondingly arrive in a clearing at the mountains chrest! The reader, of these pages struggles to understand The Narrator’s explication of Quality. with a capital Q: On this mountain climb with Chris, the Narrator is working on his own inquiry into the nature of “Quality”, This is his most important topic and that which dominates the entire book. The narrator starts his own "philosophy of every day practical living as he and Chris return to Lower Elevations and continue their trip West. As they travel from Bozeman, Montana to Prineville Junction, Oregon. The Narrator takes up: “<i>Gumptionology 101...An examination of affective, cognitive and psychomotor blocks in the perception of Quality relationships.</i>“ They ride on- and on and on through the lifeless, desolate and discouraging and disheartening deserts of central Oregon. This is where they experience the worst fatigue and depression yet. They are the hardest of all. “<i>Something about the car drivers too. They look just like the gasoline attendant, staring straight ahead in some private trance of their own. I haven’t seen that since—since Sylvia noticed it the first day. They all look like they’re in a funeral procession.</i>“ As Part III closes, he Narrator, now completely exhausted, reaches deep depression. Chris is increasingly resistant and sullen. <br /><br />LINKS <br /><A HREF="http://www.zmmquality.org/Documents/PhotoSlideShowHowTo">Slide Show Instructions for Photo gallery.</a><br /> <A HREF=" http://www.usca.edu/math/~mathdept/hsg/ ">Contact Me to Contribute Information, Ideas, Stories, Photos, etc or Ask Questions. </a>.</b> <br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M._Pirsig" TARGET="_blank">Robert Pirsig in Encyclopedia.</a><br />