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Mark Richardson’s Zen And Now web-site is now live in time for his book launch this Tuesday (9th Sept). On the news page you’ll find a list of stops on his promotional tour, where you can drop in and say hello. As someone particularly interested in the biographical side of the Pirsigs, I can safely say there … Continue reading “ZenAndNow Live”

[Caveat – this review may not do the subject justice, but I didn’t really notice how good a read it was until I was well into it, by which point not only did I not have any notes, but I was committed to read on to a conclusion. So from memory …  is the summary … Continue reading “Whatever Next ?”

It was 40 years ago today … Cap’n Bob rode his bike away … So let me introduce to you … The one and only ZMM … On the 8th July 1968 Robert Pirsig set out on the road-trip that became Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. The rest as they say, is history.

“Arrive Without Travelling” (AWT) is the first in a series of documentary films by Anthony McWatt about the work of Robert M Pirsig. Ant is to be congratulated on achieving his debut film-making milestone, the culmination of his own determined journey down a long and winding road, paved with intentions of many kinds. [Post Note: The 2nd part “On The Road … Continue reading “Arrive Without Travelling”

You may have noticed a change of format of the blog pages, starting with the header ? Same theme / style, but much re-organized. MOST IMPORTANT – for users of my “Pirsig Pages” – notice the updated note on the old Pirsig Pages redirecting you manually to the entry point for my new Pirsig Pages. Any existing … Continue reading “Major Overhaul Started”

I see Sue Blackmore coined the idea of a third level of replicator above genes and memes, termed (so far) “temes” in her recent presentation to TED2008. Not entirely convinced yet that this form of technology enabled memes are fundamentally different to memes. As she says herself, in discussing whether “artificial-meme” might be a better … Continue reading “Temes – Techno-memes or what ?”

Tickled me that this “Wisdom Research Network” initiative, associated with the Wisdom Research programme at Chicago University, is now in 2008 called the “Arete Initiative”. Chicago >> Arete >> Pirsig >> Quality >> Values >> Maxwell >> Wisdom >> Rayner >> Inclusionality >> Fluid >> Dynamic Quality … … is it just my mind that works this … Continue reading “Wisdom Research”