”As a poet I hold the most archaic values on earth…the fertility of the soil, the magic of animals, the power-vision in solitude, the terrifying initiation and rebirth, the love and ecstasy of the dance, the common work of the tribe. I try to hold both history and the wilderness in mind, that my poems may approach the true measure of things and stand against the unbalance and ignorance of our times.”
– Gary Snyder (The Practice of the Wild)
photographs: bluebells and poppies in the woods behind my studio, wildflowers in the studio, and Gary Snyder’s excellent book of essays