Watts is a wonder. One of the loveliest stylists - something extremely
*comforting* about him. He ministers.
His "The Way of Zen" is beyond fantastic. And I have a copy of his
"Cloud Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown" on my bedside table.
I worked Watts' presence around the inception and the aftermath of the
climax of my '09 memoir "She and I: A Fugue", which ends on the tribute
to Pirsig - after I drive past the Zen monastery where Chris' ashes are
(and me looking out on the Golden Gate he and Chris would have ridden
across after the end of ZAMM).
If anyone's interested, I can post the passages ... I do need to get a
copy to RMP - can anyone tell me how?
MRB
On 5/29/2014 9:10 AM, Ian Glendinning wrote:
Hi folks,
Spurred by two entirely coincidental references to Alan Watts turning
up in the last couple of days. (Donovan bio-doc and the Beats / San
Fran / City Lights / Maharishi / Beatles / Mike Love connections and
some recent Alan Watts quotes by Brain Pickings ....)
I was checking out Alan Watts and it occurred to me I'd not heard him
mentioned in our Pirsig context.
Pirsig mentions being "impressed by the early beats" before the
hippies lost their way, and before the ZMM trip - I know he's
referenced On The Road and Howl.
But Watts "The Way of Zen" (1959) was de-rigeur reading for the beats
migrating from NYC to San Fran. And during the 1968 ZMM trip Watts was
still living on his houseboat in SanFran when Pirsig visited the Zen
Centre there after he'd put Chris on a train home. (Watts died in 1973
before ZMM was published.)
Anyone know of any Pirsig / Watts connections ?
Ian
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