NNWM exercise

... high: 8pp/wk = 24pp on Nov 30. But at least with a good outline, I can just keep filling in levels of detail until I've properly described a penny (so to speak; the reference is from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance , for those who didn't catch it).

October meeting longlist

... Len Deignton The Castle of Otranto   - Horace Warpole West Pier - Patrick Hamilton In a Glass Darkly - Sheridan Le Fanu Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert M Pirsig Venue is The Thunderbolt, I'll be there from 2pm to secure a table. See you there Janine

My Zen. [Day 78]

Swirls of emotion.   I made this lovely collaborative art piece two years ago for JP's class. We read this book called Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance which I recommend to buy, rip apart the binding, and throw into a fire pit. Anywhos... we had to do a "zen project" for JP the devil, and I decided to paint a series of ...

...about it. 44. Do you wish on stars? No. 45. What is your favorite book? I don't have one favourite. Some faves are Beloved , Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance , Coraline , Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do , and American Gods . 46. What song did you last hear? Currently listening to something I don...

0 for 2 on Home Repair Projects

... myself from spending money on parts that were not going to work. And then I suddenly remembered one of my all time favorite books, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. I remembered Pirsig had writen long detailed descriptions of proper ways to fix motorcycles and I remembered that being one of the points he ...

The longlist for tomorrows meeting

... McCarthy Forever after Roger Zelazny Skinny Legs and All Tom Robbins The Collector John Fowles Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance Robert M Pirsig West Pier Patrick Hamilton In a Glass Darkly Sheridan Le Fanu...

FIC: Girls Aloud is Hazardous to your Health

... know what it was, perhaps some morbid sense of masochism that kept him waiting outside for the other man. He’d caught sight of “Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance” in his bag; guilt filling him rapidly and he’d looked suitably chastised as he slipped outside. It was his fault Draco doubted himself and ...

Lest We Forget.

... are founded upon the same structural conceptual relationships as a motorcycle. They are sustained by structural relationships even when they have lost ...to revolt against a government or to avoid repair of a motorcycle because it is a system is to attack effects rather than...'s so much talk about the system. And so little understanding. " - Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Hands On Philosphy

... cognitive focus on learning, thinking, and operating in postmodern, urbane, souless techno land. It does a much better job then "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" in showing the value of hands on work in developing a person's overall character and personality. It resonates strongly with Philosophy in the...

Your Tweet of Kim

... me up. # 19:21 At #AFASocial - AFA Gallery Drawing Social. When I Float Backwards is doing a set based on Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. # 19:35 When I Float Backwards - Steve Kurilla on drums and Jason Smeltzer on theramin & electronics. #AFASocial twitpic.com/hnjfb # 20:16 Getting ...