Spotlight on Pirsig’s Talk from 1974

As we organise permanent archive linkage of all the Pirsig-related resources available to the RPA, both textual and audio-visual, we cannot emphasise highly enough how valuable is the recording of the talk Bob gave to the Minneapolis College of Art, just a few weeks after the publication and meteoric success of ZMM in 1974.

Transcribed extracts are also included in “On Quality”, the selection published in 2022, a paperback edition of which is released next month on April 9th. The magnetic-video-tape was only discovered by his widow Wendy when archiving his work, then digitised and published on YouTube (link embedded above) by son Ted in late 2022.

Direct from the horse’s-mouth at the very time he was most focussed on his intended messages. The media-technology is part of the message, as is the creative process itself.

Highly recommended.

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