{"id":29735,"date":"2021-03-29T13:12:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T17:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=29735"},"modified":"2021-04-01T21:27:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T01:27:59","slug":"the-journey-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/the-journey-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"The Journey of Life: How to Make Life Worth it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is the journey of life? How does <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/robert-pirsig\/\">Robert Pirsig<\/a> explain this idea in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance\/\">Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance<\/a><\/em>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance<\/em>, Robert Pirsig uses his motorcycle road trip to help explain the journey of life. He talks about life philosophy, family, and how to find meaning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more about <em>Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance<\/em> and the journey of life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Journey of Life Begins<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The book opens in the height of summer with Pirsig on his motorcycle, his son, Chris, seated behind him. They\u2019re riding from Minneapolis to Montana alongside Pirsig\u2019s friends, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/john-and-sylvia-sutherland\/\">John and Sylvia Sutherland<\/a>; when we join the travelers, they\u2019re on a two-lane road somewhere in western Minnesota. Pirsig catches sight of a red-winged blackbird taking flight and points it out enthusiastically to Chris, but Chris, who\u2019s 11, isn\u2019t very impressed. Pirsig theorizes that the reason he\u2019s so taken with the surroundings is because they\u2019re bound up with his memories, memories Chris doesn\u2019t have. This is all a part of the journey of life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chautauqua: Motorcycle &gt; Car<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pirsig follows a description of his memories\u2014of the sights, sounds, and smells of the cold Midwest mornings of his past\u2014with a riff on the superiority of motorcycling to car driving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a car, we see the world through the frame of the windows. We\u2019re sealed off from the scene around us, and we watch the passing signs much like we watch TV: passively, comfortably, disinterestedly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On a motorcycle, however, we are <em>in <\/em>the scene: the road in all its solidity rushes by just a foot beneath us; the wind whips us; the sound of the engine is loud in our ears. Whereas riding in a car separates us from the world, traveling on a motorcycle is <strong>holistic<\/strong>\u2014it places us in immediate contact with the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chautauqua: Making <em>Good<\/em> Time vs. Making Good <em>Time<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the final destination is Montana, Pirsig tells us that he and his compatriots are traveling more or less for travel\u2019s sake. Thus, rather than ride on freeways, they try whenever possible to stay on local roads. Pirsig calls this <strong>making <em>good <\/em>time<\/strong>\u2014that is, relishing the experience of traveling no matter how long the journey takes (as opposed to making good <em>time<\/em>\u2014that is, reaching your destination as quickly as possible). The difference in emphasis\u2014on the <em>quality <\/em>of the time spent rather than its <em>quantity<\/em>\u2014is what Pirsig wants to highlight. Investing in quality is also an important part of the journey of life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chautauqua: Why Chautauqua?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pirsig chooses to call his ruminations in the book a <strong>Chautauqua<\/strong>, which refers to a traveling tent show popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that featured an array of speakers and exhibits. Not only does this reference call to mind a bygone era, when knowledge circulated more slowly and deliberately (<em>see <\/em>\u201c<em>Chautauqua: Making <\/em>Good <em>Time vs. Making Good <\/em>Time\u201d), it also highlights the fact that Pirsig\u2019s narrative has moral as well as entertainment value all while discussing the journey of life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortform note: Pirsig uses the term \u201cChautauqua\u201d in two distinct senses throughout the book. Sometimes he uses it as a catchall term for his philosophical project\u2014in other words, he considers all his discourses combined a \u201cChautauqua\u201d\u2014and other times he uses it to denote specific discourses on specific topics. To keep consistent, we\u2019ve decided to use the term in the latter sense. When we refer to more than one discourse, we use the plural: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/chautauqua-meaning\/\">Chautauquas<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group pulls over at a rest stop to stretch their legs, and Sylvia, recalling the cars they\u2019d passed going in the opposite direction, comments on how sad their drivers looked; she even compares the stream of cars to a funeral procession. Pirsig replies they were just normal people on their way to work on a Monday morning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conversation then turns to the natural wonders Pirsig was picking out as they rode, the blackbirds in particular. John returns from pumping water and begins rummaging through the saddlebags attached to his motorcycle. Removing a random assortment of objects\u2014rope, matches, shoelaces\u2014he\u2019s exasperated at how much they\u2019ve packed and wonders aloud if they\u2019ll ever actually need shoelaces. Pirsig deadpans that shoelaces can break at any time. The group saddles up and rides off to continue pondering the journey of life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the journey of life? How does Robert Pirsig explain this idea in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance? In Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert Pirsig uses his motorcycle road trip to help explain the journey of life. He talks about life philosophy, family, and how to find meaning. 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