Zen and the Art of Medium Curation

Dan Kay
6 min readApr 23, 2024

I just finished reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig. It was a philosophy book. Who knew?

I had minor knowledge of this book from cultural osmosis, and it had been on the to-read list for a long time. But still, I was surprised to find the real nature of the thing.

This book came out in 1974 and against all odds became a cultural sensation. My…

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Dan Kay

Always adventurous. Occasionally political. I write creative stories about life, love, climbing and travel. thisisyouth.org