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Oral History of Matthew Davis |
Collection |
Oral History |
Scope & Content |
Matthew Davis was born in Nebraska, grew up in Oregon, and finally settled in the Bay Area, California in the late 1950s. After studying at the University of Oregon, Davis travelled to Japan while in the Navy, where he was intrigued by the country’s culture and landscape. Davis then moved to Point Richmond, and later to Mill Valley, where he started a family. It was in Mill Valley that he was inspired by Mount Tamalpais and met other like-minded local artists and Buddhists, including Alan Watts, Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder. Together, they began the long-standing local tradition of "circumambulation" of Mount Tamalpais, a meditative, often spiritual, day-long journey around the mountain. His love of Mill Valley and Mount Tamalpais led Davis to write his book Opening the Mountain: Circumambulating Mount Tamalpais: A ritual walk. |
Audio and Transcript |
Click here to hear recording. Click here to read the transcript. |
Dates of Creation |
2015-05-01 |
Interviewee |
Davis, Matthew |
Interviewer |
Schwartz, Debra |
Extent and Medium |
Transcript: 12pp Recording: 00:49:48 |
Search Terms |
Collier, Robin Dimitroff, Steve Dimitroff’s Art Store Dipsea Trail Dixon, Trudy Druid Heights Fern Canyon Ginsberg, Allen Greensfelder, Bob Homestead Trail Homestead Valley Japan Killion, Tom Klyce, Al Kwong, Will "Jakusho" Matt Davis Trail Milchev, Sita Mill Valley Mount Tamalpais Pantoll Pettibone, Laura Pine Street Clinic, San Anselmo Roshi Suzuki Saijo, Albert San Andreas Fault San Francisco Zen Center Snyder, Gary Sonoma Zen Center Steep Ravine Taggart, Joanne Tamalpais Conservation Club University of Oregon Watts, Alan Whalen, Philip |
Object ID |
2015.045.001 |
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Recording |
Copyrights |
Transcript and recording copyright Mill Valley Public Library, 2015. Materials are made available for research purposes only; all rights are reserved to the Mill Valley Public Library. Requests for permission to quote for publication or for any other usage must be obtained from the Library. |