Lakes, Marshes, And Wildlife Along Route 55.

…["Here and there is a stretch of open water and if you look closely you can see wild ducks at the edge of the cattails. And turtles.] . .I have seen these marshes a thousand times, yet each time they’re new. It’s wrong to call them benign. You could just as well call them cruel and senseless, they are all of those things, but the reality of them overwhelms halfway conceptions."
…There! A huge flock of red-winged blackbirds ascends from nests in the cattails, startled by our sound. I swat Chris’s knee a second time . . . then I remember he has seen them before.
NOTE: In the previous photo, in the ZMM passage, the Narrator tells us that all this “alive creatures” is good even “benign” which means gentle and kindly. not harmful in effect.
…However above passage the Narrator offers an a different, more troubling viewpoint => " cruel and senseless. Please know that this troubling viewpoint, is one of the problems of our modern times, that Author Robert Pirsig wants to offer an answer to. =>
Here We Must Realize (And By Metaphoric Bridge Connections, Keep In Mind), That Author Robert Pirsig Gives Us The Above Passage, Because This " Cruel And Senseless, Is A Troubling & Erronous 20th Century Viewpoint. For Which He Offers Some VERY Good Ways To Solve These Problems,
…AND At The Same Time Provide VERY Good Reasons For Living That Is NOT " Cruel And Senseless. “. This Is Provided By “Quality” , The Discussion Of Which starts In ZMM Chapter 14, Page 153, And Is The Major Focus Of ZMM For The Remainder Of Author Robert Pirsig’s Book.

~6 miles west of Buffalo, MN. (Photos are needed to illustrate first part of ZMM after Buffalo, especially marshes, RWBB and ducks . If you can provide marsh life and landscape photos of this area, please contact me.)
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… In His Book ''Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance,” (ZMM), Author Robert Pirsig, Wants Us To Remember That ANY TIME There Is. “A Next Paragraph Abrupt Switch”. Either Way, Between Chautauqua & Travel Narrative, We Then Are To =>
..1) Take notice and actively, poetically see the Metaphoric Bridge Connections (MBC), either way, between the a) Chautauqua Lecture and b) Travel Narrative Scenery+Actions...
..2) We should realize these MBC’s are carefully and purposefully put here by Author Robert Pirsig for this very emphasis.
..3) In fact, it is very likely that the physical landscape locations along the ZMM Route, were chosen for this very purpose. This is because these descriptions above a) & b) would effectively two-way illuminate (by MBC) each of the respective Chautauqua Topics AND Travel Narrative+Actions, that Mr Pirsig wanted to present in his book.
..4) For example, one of the two different “types” of Metaphoric Bridge Connections, which Author Robert Pirsig Wants The ZMM Reader To See, Is In The Above ZMM Passage, and is explained as follows =>
…After the Narrator finishes discussing the “…overwhelms halfway conceptions." …
… ..Then there is a Next Sentence “Abrupt Switch” to => “There! A huge flock of red-winged blackbirds ascends .
..5) Here Author Robert Pirsig wants the “… reality of them overwhelms halfway conceptions." to apply (Metaphoric Bridge Connection) to the => “There! A huge flock of red-winged blackbirds ascends .
..6) Click Here For => A Special Study Ot The Major ZMM Topics => Quality, Reality, & Good Old Reality.
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( Photo = 103-0315c ...... ZMM Page = 003 ...... WayPt = 000k ...... Photo at WayPt = 028w 13 Mi NE of Oakes, ND.)