Welcome to the web site of Zen and Now, intended to provide some background and context to my book, Zen and Now - On the trail of Robert Pirsig and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, published by Knopf.
It's a book that tells of how I tuned up my old motorbike and became a "Pirsig Pilgrim," following the famous literary journey that Robert Pirsig and his son Chris took in 1968 from Minneapolis to San Francisco. Look inside these online pages for new, chapter-by-chapter photographs from my journey, and for photographs from the Pirsigs' journey, too.
If you want to write to me, go to the contact page; if you want to come see me on tour somewhere, check the news page to find out where I am.
Download and read the first chapter of Zen & Now: On the Trail of Robert Pirsig and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Write to me at mark@zenandnow.org