The Rocking-R Bar => Is Very Old, Famous & Antique.
….Next Right Is The Newly Created Boodles Café, Which Was Crafted From The Once-Upon-a-Time Cowboy Café’, Itself Very Old, Famous & Antique.

…. “ At a bar in Bozeman we have one last round of beer, and I discuss routes back with John. Then we say perfunctory things about how good it’s all been and how we’ll see each other soon, and this is suddenly very sad to have to talk like this . . . like casual acquaintances.“

East Main Street, Bozeman, MT.

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The Cattleman’s Bar Late Afternoon

…. “ Out in the street again Sylvia turns to me and Chris, pauses, and then says, "It’ll be all right with you. There’s nothing to worry about." .. "Of course," I say. .. Again that same frightened glance.
.. John has the motorcycle started and waits for her. "I believe you," I say.“

East Main Street, Bozeman, MT.

More warning of disaster, despite the statements to the contrary. Thus more good story-telling!

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You Can Watch Traffic Leaving Town For Points East For a Long Time

…. “She turns, gets on and with John watches oncoming traffic for an opportunity to pull out. "I’ll see you," I say.
.... She looks at us again, expressionless this time. John finds his opportunity and enters into the traffic lane. Then Sylvia waves, as if in a movie. Chris and I wave back. Their motorcycle disappears in the heavy traffic of out-of-state cars, which I watch for a long time.
.... I look at Chris and he looks at me. He says nothing.“

East Main Street, Bozeman, MT.

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Looking North, Plenty of Seats Are Found Just South of Main Street, Which Is Discernable In Distance Ahead.

…. “ We spend the morning sitting at first on a park bench marked SENIOR CITIZENS ONLY, then get food and at a filling station change the tire and replace the chain adjuster link. The link has to be remachined to fit and so we wait …. “

On South Wilson Avenue, one block South of Main Street, Bozeman, MT. The Narrator doesn't forget to tell us that the “worrisome bad tire” AND the previous problems with the “stripped chain adjuster” are now fixed, and done so at the first available opportunity.
….Good Story-Telling! AND, At The Very Least =>
……We are not allowed to forget ..... good maintenance!

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This May or May Not Be The Restful Grass Of Chris And The Narrator;
….However, This Presbyterian Church Has Lazy Day Warm Sun.

“ …. and walk for a while, back away from the main street. We come to a church and sit down on the lawn in front of it. Chris lies back on the grass and covers his eyes with his jacket. .. "You tired?" .. I ask him.
.... "No.
.... Between here and the edge of the mountains to the north, heat waves shimmer the air. A transparent-winged bug sets down from the heat on a stalk of grass’s by Chris’s foot. I watch it flex its wings, feeling lazier every minute. I lie back to go to sleep, but don’t. Instead a restless feeling hits. I get up. "“

Wilson Street, One Block South of Main Street, just South of Babcock Street, Bozeman, MT.
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DATE-LINE: April 21, 2021. by Henry Gurr.
….MYSTICAL, POSSIBLY SPIRITUAL FORCES, CAUSED CHRIS & NARRATOR TO “[Not] Go To Sleep, But Instead A Restless Feeling Hits. I Get Up
…. The ZMM Book Enthusiast, reading the above, =>
…. “A transparent-winged bug sets down … by Chris’s foot ..." =>.
……. Should pause to wonder WHY this passage is there, since there are NO Useless, Wasted Words in ZMM!
..A) Of Course, the lazy resting bug, flexing wings, adds to the realism of the lazy day mood of Chris and Narrator. And thus is
..B) Good storytelling, and this may have actually happened here or some other part of Author Pirsig’s life.
..C) OR, THIS BUG PHRASE MAY BE LIKE THE PREVIOUS MASTER MOTIF => …. “In the distance a single bird cries plaintively.”
….AND THUS THIS IS TO ANNOUNCE, that Mystical, possibly Spiritual Forces, caused Chris & Narrator to “[not] go to sleep, but don’t. Instead a restless feeling hits. I get up "
..D) AND, now because of how this is presented to us (Like other similar MOTIFS), this passage is to be taken as a telegram => Foretelling That There Will be => A Powerful Unforgettable Series of Events, Which Are Fore-Announced In This One Innocent Looking Sentence.
…. In this case => The crucial Montana Hall scene which prompted the Narrator’s memory of Sarah and her key phrase “ Are you teaching Quality? ”
..E) Thus The Narrator’s Fore-Announces The Coming Powerful. Unforgettable Series of Events =>
…..”And that door leads to Sarah’s office. Sarah! Now it comes down! She came trotting by with her watering pot between those two doors, going from the corridor to her office, and she said, "I hope you are teaching Quality to your students." This in a la-de-da, singsong voice of a lady in her final year before retirement about to water her plants. That was the moment it all started. That was the seed crystal. ”
..F) This solid credit to Sarah, also is later in ZMM =>
…..” Sarah, who long before had come by with her watering pot and put the idea of Quality in his head, ” .
..G) So we see in ZMM, that the Narrator thrice credits Sarah for the whole idea of Quality, and thus in essence, Sarah is in reality the initial progenitor for the whole of the ZMM Book!
SUMMARY:
….The above => “A transparent-winged bug sets down … by Chris’s foot ..." =>. Should be taken as a telegram =>
…. Foretelling that => Important Momentous Discovery Events are just ahead! In this case, in Montana Hall, and the Discovery Of Crucial Memories => Of Sarah Vinke’s prompting Re Quality => “Are you teaching Quality?”
…Such a Telegram, is Author Pirsig’s method, to alert the reader => That There Soon Will be => A, Powerful Unforgettable Series of Events.

All This Is Fore-Announced In = This One Innocent Looking Sentence.
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….If You Are Aware Of Other Similar Examples, Please Send Email To HenryG__USCA.edu

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Episcopal Church, Tracy Street at Olive.
….These Are Typical Shady Tree Lined Streets Seen Just South of Main Street On Way To Montana State University.

…. “"Let’s walk for a while," I say. .. "Where?" .. "Toward the school." .. "All right." .. We walk under shady trees on very neat sidewalks past neat houses. The avenues provide many small surprises of recognition. Heavy recall. He’s walked through these streets many times. Lectures. He prepared his lectures in the peripatetic manner, using these streets as his academy.
.... The subject he’d been brought here to teach was rhetoric, writing, the second of the three R’s. He was to teach some advanced courses in technical writing and some sections of freshman English.“

Several Blocks South of Main Street, Bozeman, MT.
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DATE-LINE: May 4, 2021. Assembled by Henry Gurr.
….EXPLANATION OF => [Phaedrus] “He’s walked through these streets many times. Lectures. He prepared his lectures in the peripatetic manner, using these streets as his academy. “
..A) Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
....Peripatetic > A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian.
....Peripatetic > Of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle,
……who gave his instructions while walking in the Lyceum at Athens,
……..[and gave] to his followers ."The true peripatetic school."
....Peripatetic > One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.
....Peripatetic > Walking about; itinerant.
..B) Excerpt From Wikipedia => Peripatetic School.
The Peripatetic school was a school of philosophy in Ancient Greece. Its teachings derived from its founder, Aristotle (384–322 BC), and peripatetic is an adjective ascribed to his followers.
….The school dates from around 335 BC when Aristotle began teaching in the Lycaeum. It was an informal institution whose members conducted philosophical and scientific inquiries. After the middle of the 3rd century BC, the school fell into a decline, and it was not until the Roman era that there was a revival.
HISTORY
....The term peripatetic is a transliteration of the ancient Greek word περιπατητικός (peripatētikós), which means "of walking" or "given to walking about".
….The Peripatetic school, founded by Aristotle,[2] was actually known simply as The Peripatos. Aristotle's school came to be so named because of the peripatoi ("walkways", some covered or with colonnades) of the Lyceum where the members met. The legend that the name came from Aristotle's alleged habit of walking while lecturing may have started with Hermippus of Smyrna.
....Unlike Plato (428/7–348/7 BC), Aristotle (384–322 BC) was not a citizen of Athens and so could not own property. He and his colleagues therefore used the grounds of the Lyceum as a gathering place, just as it had been used by earlier philosophers such as Socrates. Aristotle and his colleagues first began to use the Lyceum in this way about 335 BC, .. For Remainder of Wikipedia Article, Click Here.
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Is This What Chris Called “The House With the Funny Roof”?

…. “ Do you remember this street?" I ask Chris.
..... He looks around and says, "We used to ride in the car to look for you." He points across the street. "I remember that house with the funny roof
..-- .Whoever saw you first would get a nickel. And then we’d stop and let you in the back of the car and you wouldn’t even talk to us."
.... "I was thinking hard then."
.... "That’s what Mom said." .. He was thinking hard then. “

521 Wilson Street, About 5 Blocks Towards Downtown From MSU Bozeman, MT.

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….As you can see in /\ Above Photo, “The House With The Funny Roof, is pink and dark maroon fashioned after the imagined colors that the Victorians would use!
…Next Photo has bright sun illumination, and shows far more vibrant colors, plus gives more information on “The Pink House”.
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DATE-LINE: April 19, 2021. by Henry Gurr.
Information Found For “That House With The Funny Roof“ + Photos Taken By HSG in September 2006.
….During my June 2002 ZMM Route Research in Bozeman, MT. =>. As I walked many of these neat tree lined streets between Main Street and Montana State University, I looked for “"that house with the funny roof, “ but I never saw any worthy candidates.
….Most local people I asked seemed to be unaware of any house or roof that might appear peculiar to a 11 year old boy. However, Diana, a student staff member of the MSU Bookstore, said that => “A house with a funny roof called the "Pink House" was to be found on West side of Wilson Street, approximately 5 blocks North from MSU.” From campus this house is 1/2 way to Bozeman’s Main Street.
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After I Got Back Home, I Finally Googled => Pink House Bozeman, MT.
… And there it was, In All Its Glory!! With address, listed as a "Bed and Breakfast", with a good description of its history and many neat photos!! Wow!! ….. BUT …..
….I should have copied all those photos, because later this site was no longer there. AND no amount of searching finds a clue about it. If you have added information, please email me.
…. Summer 2006, when I got back to Bozeman, with address, I captured the /\ Above /\ Photo, plus => Two More Of My Photos Of The Malcolm C Story “Pink House”
Additional Google Discoveries For => Malcom Story Pink House, Bozeman. MT.
Oh Wow Photos Inside & Out of Pink House =< Zillow Reality Sez => Sold on 12/06/18 Zestimate®: $1,636,517 “5 bd5 ba4, 691 sqft, 521 S Willson Ave, Bozeman, MT 59715 AFTER this page comes up CLICK ON Larger House Photo Upper Left Start Photo Viewer For 25 GREAT Photos!
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…. RIGHT CLICK AND SELECT “NEW TAB” Will Come-Up Showing => Google Street View (GSV) of Malcolm C. Story Pink House, 521 S Willson Ave, Bozeman, MT 59715 .However, This June 2019 GSV Image Shows Rather Bland Colors.

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Continued From Previous Photo =>
…. Is This What Chris Called “The House With the Funny Roof”?

….[ “ Do you remember this street?" I ask Chris. .. He looks around and says, "We used to ride in the car to look for you." He points across the street. "I remember that house with the funny roof -- . “ ]

521 Wilson Street, About 5 Blocks Towards Downtown From MSU Bozeman, MT.

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….As you can see in /\ Above /\ Photo of Bozeman’s “The Pink House”, it is a pink and dark maroon fashioned after the imagined colors that the Victorians would use!
… The /\ Above /\ Photo has bright sun illumination, and shows far more vibrant colors,
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DATE-LINE: April 19, 2021. by Henry Gurr.
Additional Google Discoveries For “That House With The Funny Roof “ Plus Photos Found by Google. => (Continued From Previous Photo)
… Found With Additional Google Searches for ….Nelson Story Pink House Bozeman MT…. =>
..A) “Pink Mansion, Bozeman” (/\ Above /\ Photo) Our Thanks To => Caroline Matthews {trailergypsies.com), from which was then saved to Pinterest Topic => “Montana, And Other Beautiful Places”
....B) Very Interesting Nance Bishop’s Journal, ”Meandering Montana”, which included her “Walking Tour” For The Following =>
…..1) Bozeman’s Bon Ton District. (Excerpt.)
This district of about 260 elite homes has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1897. (You can take a guided walking tour or do it yourself by installing a tour app, on your smart phone.) The Bon Ton District totals about 27 blocks, with examples of Italianate, Queen Anne, Craftsman, Colonial Revival and Bungalow architecture including buildings with Eastlake features and some examples of vernacular architecture, such as pattern-book homes from the turn of the century. Most of the homes are beautifully preserved and represent elements of Bozeman’s history, including its failed effort to become the state capital.
…..2) Ms Nancy Bishop Provides => Photo of Engraved Lettering On A 100 Year Old Looking, ~14” x 12” Sandstone Slab,
...This Slab Appears To Document The Dates When Owners Took Possession =>
……John S. Mendenhall 1886
…….Dr. D. E. Sheppard 1933
…….Malcolm C Story 1946
…a) Bozeman Chronicle says => “John S. Mendenhall took the law into his own hands. .. As Gallatin County’s first sheriff, Mendenhall’s goal was to make Bozeman habitable “by whatever means,” according to Gallatin Historical Society records. .. Mendenhall, born in Indiana and known to his friends as “Jack,” came to Montana to look for gold.
…b) Google finds no useful information about => Dr. D. E. Sheppard 1933
…c) Bozeman Chronicle Very Long Article => “Nelson Story – Hero, Scoundrel Legend.” By Gail Schontzler, Chronicle Staff Writer Updated Dec 11, 2014, has this (excerpt) information about Nelson Story & then Grandson Malcolm C. Story =>
…. “As a young man, Story started with nothing but his energy, strong will, intelligence and fearlessness. He came out to the wild West and in 1863 made a fortune in Montana’s gold rush.
.... He parlayed that into a famous cattle drive from Texas to Montana, which a century later would inspire author Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel “Lonesome Dove” + Very Successful Television Miniseries!
....Nelson Story settled in the fledgling outpost of Bozeman when its namesake, John Bozeman, was still roving the town…”.. [Skip 11 Paragraphs Re Nelson Story exploits & successes, and read the following => ]
.... “Even [Nelson Story’s] … grandson, the late Malcolm Story , knew little first-hand. Malcolm said in a taped lecture that he was just a kid when Nelson was in his 70s or 80s. Most of what Malcolm learned came from his father, Thomas Byron Story.
....Yet Malcolm’s vivid stories, collected on CDs in MSU’s special collections, are consistent as he told and retold them.
....Phyllis Smith, author of “Bozeman and the Gallatin Valley: A History,” spent many hours listening to her neighbor Malcolm’s tales as he sat at her dining room table, across the street from the pink house where he [Malcom Story] lived on South Willson Avenue. Later she would check out his facts......“Everything he said was true,” Smith said.
…. Complete “Nance Bishop’s Journal”, ”Meandering Montana”, With Photo of “Pink House” AND Photo of Sandstone Slab. Click Here.

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Methodist Church, Olive Street at Wilson.
….Quiet, Shady Streets Are Good For Walking and Thinking Hard!

…. “" The crushing teaching load was bad enough, but what for him was far worse was that he understood in his precise analytic way that the subject he was teaching was undoubtedly the most unprecise, unanalytic, amorphous area in the entire Church of Reason. That’s why he was thinking so hard. To a methodical, laboratory-trained mind, rhetoric is just completely hopeless. It’s like a huge Sargasso Sea of stagnated logic “

Tree Shaded Neighborhoods on way to Montana Hall, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.
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Bozeman, MT, History Revealed In A Recent Bozeman Chronicle Article =>
…. “Montana State University Archive Gets Old Photo Of Nelson Story House On E-Bay”
……….By Gail Schontzler, Chronicle Staff Writer Feb 17, 2004
….Thanks to high-speed computers and e-Bay, Bozeman has regained a bit of its lost history.
….A small photo of Bozeman’s oldest existing house, built by pioneer Nelson Story, went up for auction last week on e-Bay, and Montana State University won the bidding. For Remainder Of Article, Click Here.
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….The above mentioned Nelson Story House should not be confused with the “Pink House”, once owned by Malcolm C Story, Nelson Story’s Grandson.
... The “Pink House,” once owned by Malcolm C Story, was/is the subject of the Two Previous Photos.

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Montana Hall Is ”Old Main”, at the Campus Center.

….“There it is up ahead. Tension hits, the same stomach feeling, as we walk toward it. .. "Do you remember that building?" .. "That’s where you used to teach — why are we going here?" .. "I don’t know. I just wanted to see it." .. Not many people seem to be around. There wouldn’t be, of course. Summer session is on now.“

Montana Hall, Montana State University, .Bozeman, MT. As had been my practice since ~1978, every time I was near a bookstore, especially educational institutions, I would look to see how many copies of ZMM Book, were on their shelves. Typically there would be at least one.
….Thus, on my own visit to campus, I had gone to the Montana State University Bookstore to learn how much ZMM was used in Classes at the University. I found two copies in the Bookstore Philosophy Section. A very helpful MSU student employee, Diana, looked up the store records for the years 1999 and 2001. She found that some 100 copies of ZMM were ordered for student purchases in their Engineering and Architecture courses.
….I also asked her about “"that house with the funny roof.“. She suggested a Pink and Dark Maroon house on Willson Street. which had belonged to the Mr. ?Nelson? Story Family. Pay-Dirt !!!
…. I failed to follow up on this until today (25 Apr 05), when I occurred to me to ask Google about …."Pink House" +"Bozeman MT…..Thanks to Diana at the Bookstore, for her help & clues that lead to the Pink House Photo two pics back!!

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Only Very Late Afternoon Sun Provides Illumination On the North Side and Front of Montana Hall

…. “ Huge and strange gables over old dark-brown brick. A beautiful building, really. The only one that really seems to belong here.“(Continued Next Photo)

Montana Hall, Montana State University, Bozeman MT The sky was very clear and dark blue the day I was at MSU, so I waited as long as I could for this shot of the /\ Above /\ Photo.

DATE-LINE: May 6, 2021, by Henry Gurr.
.TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND MSU MONTANA HALL, BUILDING LAYOUT CONTEXT, PLEASE STUDY =>
…. Right Click Here, and Open In A New Tab.
….THEN AFTER This ~1956 Photo of Montana Hall Comes Up => Please Study This View Of Building North Side.
….This Will Give An Explanation (From Robert Pirsig), Exactly WHERE Were Offices (and Classrooms) of Professors Sarah Vinke and Robert Pirsig.
….This Will Help You Understand The Next ~10 Photos.

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As Stated By the Narrator, Indeed Wear Cupped Stone Steps Lead to the Front Door.
….Also Note Stone Trim Other Places on the Building

…. “Old stone stairway up to the doors. Stairs cupped by wear from millions of footsteps.
.... "Why are we going inside?" .
….. "Shh. Just don’t say anything now." …..“ (Continued Next Photo)

Montana Hall, Montana State University, Bozeman MT

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As Stated By The ZMM Narrator, Indeed Wear Cupped Stone Steps Lead to The Great Heavy Front Door.
…. Notice That The Steps Are Of Durable Granite And The Stone Used Other Places For Decorative Trim Is Merely Sandstone, On This Otherwise All Brick Building.

….[ “… "Why are we going inside?" .
. "Shh. Just don’t say anything now." .“
... “. I open the great heavy outside door and enter. .“ ]
…. “Inside are more stairs, worn and wooden. They creak underfoot and smell of a hundred years of sweeping and waxing. Halfway up I stop and listen. There’s no sound at all.
.... Chris whispers, "Why are we here?" .. I just shake my head. I hear a car go by outside.
.... Chris whispers, "I don’t like it here. It’s scary in here."
.... "Go outside then," I say. .. "You come too." .. "Later"
…”No, now." He looks at me and sees I’m staying. His look is so frightened I’m about to change my mind, but then suddenly his expression breaks and he turns and runs down the stairs and out the door before I can follow him.
….The big heavy door closes down below, and I’m all alone here now. “ (Continued Next Photo)
Montana Hall, Montana State University, Bozeman MT.
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DATE-LINE: April 21, 2021, by Henry Gurr.
Ever Since ~2003, The Wrong Photo, For Illustrating ZMM Narrator’s =>
… “Inside There Are More Stairs, Worn And Wooden."
…… When my 2002 Photos of Montana Hall were being taken, I failed to realize the above ZMM Narrator’s description =>. “Inside there are more stairs, worn and wooden", referred to stairs specifically IMMEDIATELY inside the Front Door, and NOT to be confused with => The More Dramatic Three Flights of Double Set Of Stairs at each end of Montana Hall..
….By contrast the Front Door stairs go up just one half level to the First Floor
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….Consequently, in my first visits to Montana Hall => Yours Truly, did not enough realize these “Stairs Immediately Inside the Front Door” even existed (and thus remember) that I should get a photo of them.”
….It is only in just now revising the Captions Of The Montana Hall Photo Sequence (posted this Album ever since ~2003) => That I come to realize => “Oh No, this earlier Photo Sequence, showed only the Stairs at each END of Montana Hall, and this has the wrong interpretation of the above ZMM Passages.” .
AN **AHA** REALIZATION STORY =>
….This “Oh No Realization” => Depended On My Knowing There Existed => “A Stairs Immediately Inside The Front Door”!
….HERE IS THE STORY =>
…….It was on Aug 6, 2018, when Film Producer Dennis Davis & I were on Campus for his Video Filming for his “Pirsig’s Journey Documentary” . Mr. Davis had just finished, and we temporarily stored our equipment right beside these “Inside there are more stairs, worn and wooden", while we went further upstairs to find out more about where Sarah Vinke & Robert Pirsig had their Offices and Classrooms, in Montana Hall.
….Also, while In Montana Hall, I had wanted to give a courtesy visit to a MSC Lady Staff Member in the University Research Office. We of course asked her about Locations of Vinke & Pirsig Offices.
….Serendipity Strikes! => She gave us paper copies (with photos) of an email from Mr. Robert Pirsig himself giving the exact locations. (See Next Photos).
….Mission accomplished => We went back to the “Inside there are more stairs, worn and wooden", for our equipment, thus solidifying their existence into my memory ever since !!
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Thanks To Film Producer Dennis Davis For His “Just A Little Gift” Video
….Which In Turn Provided The Screen Capture For The /\ Above /\ Photo:
……Continuing from above “THE STORY”.
“Just A Little Gift” was video captured during above mentioned “Aug 6, 2018, Video Filming”
…. AND in the absence of any Specific Factual Photo for the above ZMM Passage =>. Indeed, it’s very nice to have Mr. Davis’s Video, since it provided the needed imagery for the /\ Above /\ Screen Capture Photo.
….This very appropriate image helps the reader to visualize that just inside Montana Hall => “ there are more stairs, worn and wooden. “
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From Film Producer Dennis Davis’s Video “A Little Gift To You” Click Here To View. This an .Information Video Re Robert Pirsig’s Book, which Shows Henry Entering MSU’s Montana Hall, and Several Clips Of Henry’s MSU Bookstore Event.
: …As You Will See => This is a video, which in 1:40 Minutes, packs in an excellent review of what Robert Pirsig accomplishes in his book "Zen Art Motorcycle Maintenance". And introduces why the Biography Of MSU’s Mrs. Professor Sarah Vinke was written. … Very Short, But Packs A Wallop!!
…NOTE1: This Video really shows Film Producer Dennis Davis’s Art & Skill & Full Power. Please let me know what you think?
…NOTE2: After this YouTube comes up, you will see (below the Picture), Full Description, Minute By Minute, of the Video. :

….Film Producer Dennis Davis, Cloud Nine Media Arts, Gallatin Valley, MT
Jan 29 2023: The Best Career Information About Mr. Davis, that Google Can Find. Click Here.
Mr. Davis’s Video =>“The Road To The DeWeese Home In The Cottonwood Canyon Of Gallatin Gateway In Montana, Plus Walking Robert Pirsig & Chris Trail Into Gallatin National Forest. Click Here.
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Yes! Inside Montana Hall, Is Sort of a Scary Place!! =>
….Especially When We Are Standing On These => “Inside Are More Stairs, Worn And Wooden.

….[ “I open the great heavy outside door and enter. Inside are more stairs, worn and wooden. They creak underfoot and smell of a hundred years of sweeping and waxing. Halfway up I stop and listen. There’s no sound at all.
.......Chris whispers, "I don’t like it here. It’s scary in here."
...."Go outside then," I say.
...."You come too."
...."Later."
…."No, now."
…. He looks at me and sees I’m staying. His look is so frightened I’m about to change my mind, but then suddenly his expression breaks and he turns and runs down the stairs and out the door before I can follow him.” ]

Montana Hall, Montana State University, Bozeman MT

….Here the perceptive ZMM Reader should pop to attention when seeing the Narrator fails to positively respond to Chris’s obvious fear! => “.Chris whispers, "Why are we here?"
....I just shake my head. I hear a car go by outside..“

AND Pop To Attention When Reading => A Seeming Useless, Out of Place Pointless Phrase => Such As => I Hear A Car Go By Outside.
….In ZMM, there are NO Useless Wasted Words!
…… In this case (& others Similar), the reader should =. “Pause and Think Beyond The “Ordinary”! AND then realize this Passage, is like other phrases such as =>”..
…. “In the distance a single bird cries plaintively.
….In Other Words => OK! YES!! This Fits The Master Motif Situation!!!
….As Chris & the Narrator enter Montana Hall, the ZMM Narrator several times, even when seeing Chris’ deep fear, fails to quickly realize he should be a consoling father, and immediately help Chris.
….Here as in other cases, the Narrator practically never realizes, he could just as well temporally set aside his own egotistical concerns. He has plenty of time. After all this is a “Vacation”, to help get on better terms with Chris!
EXPLANATION => …. In such Master Motif situations, Author Robert Pirsig is telling us, he in retrospect knows that => He, as author, recognizes that his writing into ZMM as a Novel, shows the Narrator’s “Unsympathetic, Bad Behavior To Chris”: And this very Master Motif Method, is his Author’s coded short hand way to tell us, he, as Author, very well knows this!
… For More Discussion Of The ZMM Narrator -- Chris Relationship Click Here.
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SIDE NOTE CONTINUED TOPIC FROM PREVIOUS PHOTO =>
….It is common for Older University Buildings to have a flight (or half flight) of stairs up to the First Floor, immediately inside the Central Main Front Door,.
….This is true for my Old Rockefeller Physics Building, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, and Several of the University of Chicago Buildings where Phaedrus went to Graduate School, including Cobb Hall, location of Phaedrus’ Classes for Committee For The Analysis of Ideas And Methods.


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Creaky Wooden Steps All the Way To the Third Floor

….[ “ “The big heavy door closes down below, and I’m all alone here now. I listen for some sound . . . .Of whom? . . . Of him? . . . I listen for a long time . ]

Montana Hall, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.
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Varnished, Heavy Wooden Stairs.

…. “ The big heavy door closes down below, and I’m all alone here now. I listen for some sound . . . .Of whom? . . . Of HIM? . . . I listen for a long time “ ]

Montana Hall, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT. About twelve years after ZMM was published, the Montana Hall Classrooms all were converted to University Administrative Offices.
Professor Gary Wegner( Aug 1978) followed (and photographed along), the ZMM Route, which included Montana Hall, BEFORE the conversion.
….Click Here To Go To The Home Page Of Professor Gary Wegner’s Travelogue & Photos Of The ZMM Route.
….AFTER this page comes up, you can click on the Red Markers, to see photos and discussion for Robert Pirsig’s 1968 ZMM Trip. Click On [7/13/68], for Bozeman.…

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The Windows and Stair Balustrades, Do “Kinda Have Sort of a Rhythm”
….But Also a Scary Prison Look!

….[ “The big heavy door closes down below, and I’m all alone here now. I listen for some sound -- .Of whom? -- Of him? -- I listen for a long time - ]
…. .. The floorboards have an eerie creek as I move down the corridor and they are accompanied by an eerie thought that it is him. In this place he is the reality and I am the ghost. On one of the classroom doorknobs I see HIS HAND rest for a moment, then slowly turn the knob, then push the door open.“

Montana Hall, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.

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This Is A 1978 Photo Of A Third Floor Classroom In MSU’s Montana Hall.
….And Where Shirley Luhrsen Said Robert Pirsig Once Taught English 1959-1961.
……Yes Indeed, As The Narrator Says => You Can Look Over A Radiator, Out The Windows And See To The South The Valley & Distant Mountains.

…. “The room inside is waiting, exactly as remembered, as if he were here now. He is here now. He’s aware of everything I see. Everything jumps forth and vibrates with recall. .. The long dark-green chalkboards on either side are flaked and in need of repair, just as they were. The chalk, never any chalk except little stubs in the trough, is still here. Beyond the blackboard are the windows and through them are the mountains he watched, meditatively, on days when the students were writing. He would sit by the radiator with a stub of chalk in one hand and stare out the window at the mountains, interrupted, occasionally, by a student who asked, "Do we have to do -- ? …..“

Third Floor, Montana Hall, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.
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The /\ Above /\ Photo Was Taken Early August 1978, By The Then Professor Of English Gary Wegner.
….Here Is What He Says About …. The Start Of Their Trip To Bozeman. MT, Along The ZMM Route.
….”Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a narrative about a motorcycle trip that its author, Robert Pirsig, took in the summer of 1968, accompanied by his son, Chris, and his neighbors, John and Sylvia Sutherland. Pirsig's journey begins in St. Paul, Minnesota on Monday, July 8 of 1968 and ends in San Francisco on Wednesday, July 24. “
….”Ten years later, in the summer of 1978, four years after the publication of Pirsig's novel, my wife and I retraced part of his journey. We left Spring Green, Wisconsin on a Saturday, July 29, 1978. Twenty-five miles down the road in Richland Center, our luggage rack broke. We briefly considered giving up, then said the hell with it and bought a new one. That is the best $75.00 we ever spent. “
….”The end of the first day saw us in Paynesville, Minnesota, distance covered 354 miles. On our second day, we passed through Breckenridge Minnesota, the first town mentioned in Pirsig's book. Breckenridge is right on the border. Of course, I had to have my wife pose for a quick picture. On the outskirts of Breckenridge were hundreds and hundreds of acres of sunflowers. The next town on Pirsig's route is Wyndmere where an overpowering storm threatens to engulf them. When they finally stop for the night in Oakes, ND and sign in at the motel, Sylvia notices that Pirsig's hands are unsteady. She says, "You look awfully pale. Did that lightning shake you up? You look like you'd seen a ghost." Little does she know.”
….Click Here To Go To The Home Page Of Professor Gary Wegner’s Travelogue & Photos Of ZMM Route 1968.
….AFTER this page comes up, you can click on the Red Markers, to see photos and discussion for Robert Pirsig’s 1968 ZMM Trip. Click On [7/13/68], for Bozeman. And AFTER this page comes up => Click on Green (Montana Hall), to see Prof Wegner’s 7 Photos Of Montana Hall.
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