Snapshots from the “High Country of the Mind”
Whitman (see post below) had my mind ranging through the American Wild.
This is the American Wild that I was shown by my parents, of course.
Which leads me to Pirsig. You see, it’s all connected.
But you know that.
Take a look at that smile riding in back.
Robert Pirsig was indeed a Father to be respected.
He set aside his life to show his son the American Wild, this despite slowly losing his own mind at the time.
That gives a new meaning to ”Quality Time”.
Oh, by the way, just in case anyone is discouraged today: despite literally battling his mental illness to write a book about the experience(s) of the trip, Pirsig completed his book. He then received 120 rejections, and one acceptance, for his Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
One of the greatest modern books I have ever read.
And now you can too. Enjoy. If you read the book I’ve posted here, please also buy it, out of respect.
Thou art that which asserts that everything you think you are, and everything you think you perceive, are undivided.
- Robert Pirsig
