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'Zen' Author Cruised While Mentally Ill. Being Underway Helped Him

'Zen' Author Cruised While Mentally Ill. Being Underway Helped Him

Robert Pirsig Sought the Opposite of Today’s Connectivity

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Robert Pirsig and his wife Wendy careen their Westsail 32 Arête for bottom painting.

PART 2: So, an online therapy mill sees American cruisers and sailor-wannabees as fertile ground for new patients. Here’s a story about a famous mentally ill author who went to sea—and got better—before connectivity was a thing.

A lot of you may remember that 1974 mega-se…

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