Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert M Pirsig pushed its way into my consciousness this week. I read it maybe twenty years ago and am tackling it again.

A favorite examination of values, culture, and sanity; an inspiration for those aspiring to understand their own mind and life while searching for peace on earth.

Says Pirsig: "The study of the art of motorcycle maintenance is really a miniature study of the art of rationality itself. Working on a motorcycle, working well, caring, is to become part of a process, to achieve an inner peace of mind. The motorcycle is primarily a mental phenomenon."

Do you have a "motorcycle"? I'm not sure I do...time to open my heart and see if one rides in.

Desert Island Game

In honor of my Gramps.

This list is about luxury and sanity.

If you were banished to a desert island for a very very long time, what ten items would you take?

Assume you have only minimal clothes, shelter, fire, food, tools, medicine, and water on the island.

Assume you do not have electricity. Generators and batteries are not allowed on the island. No escape vehicles allowed.

There are no other people on the island, this is solitary isolation. You may have a crate of one item.

List of Ten Things I would take to a desert island:
1. Shakespeare, complete works
2. The Bible
3. A Hang (see a great post butuki absolutely-in-love )
4. My Giant Faux Mink Pillow
5. A Crate of Paper
6. Calligraphy Pen
7. Giant Block of Ink
8. A Poem by My Daughter
9. Magnifying Glass
10. Telescope