In The ZMM Narrative, The Cold, Dark, Misty, Wet Road (Metaphoric Bridge Connection), Symbolizes

…The Horrible Disappearance Of The Ancient World’s Understanding Of Areté …And Its Corresponding Understanding Of Excellence & Duty To Self.

…All This, Now GONE Into The Awesome Cold Darkness Of Time.

…“And the bones of the Sophists long ago turned to dust and what they said turned to dust with them and the dust was buried under the rubble of declining Athens through its fall and Macedonia through its decline and fall. Through the decline and death of ancient Rome and Byzantium and the Ottoman Empire and the modern states—buried so deep and with such ceremoniousness and such unction and such evil that only a madman centuries later could discover the clues needed to uncover them, and see with horror what had been done. . . .
…The road has become so dark I have to turn on my headlight now to follow it through these mists and rain.”
…;;(End Chapter. 29.)
NOTE1: By abruptly ending Chapter 29 here, Author Robert Pirsig is telling us of the utter finality and near permanence of his words just finished!

Road at night South of Weott, CA.

NOTE2: Near the end of the above ZMM Passage, There is a very good Metaphoric Bridge Connection, which has the typical => Next Paragraph “Abrupt Switch”
… FROM => The Narrator’s Chautauqua presentation end => “ and see with horror what had been done.
…TO => “The road has become so dark .

The Above NOTE2 Introduces => Yet Another Metaphoric Bridge Connection, That Author Robert Pirsig Wants To “See”: Such As Was Discussed In Previous Photos, That Were At These Locations =>
… La Pine, OR… . Crater Lake National Park, OR. .. Social Science Research Building & Cobb Hall, University of Chicago. … East edge of Crescent City, CA. … Six miles South of Orick, CA.
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CONCERNING THE ABOVE-MENTIONED “End Of The Above ZMM Passage” Next Paragraph “Abrupt Switch:” … THE BELOW CONTINUES TO DISCUSS THIS Metaphoric Bridge Connections (MBC), IN A SIMILAR WAY, AS PREVIOUS PHOTOS, AS FOLLOWS =>

… 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 => “… and see with horror what had been done.
….Then there is a Next Paragraph “Abrupt Switch” to => “The road has become so dark .
..5) Here Author Robert Pirsig wants the “… r and see with horror what had been done.." to apply (Metaphoric Bridge Connection) to the => “ he road has become so dark , and conversely.
..6) Click Here For => A Special Study Ot The Major ZMM Topics => A Study Of Metaphoric Bridge Connections (MBC), That Are Found In Robert Pirsig”s Book Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance (ZMM).
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