After strong morning coffee I set out to climb Mount Antero losing the Way Scott Larson
	Browns Creek all froth and rage cluttered with fallen pine. Brook trout feed in shaded pools, beavers unseen but for their dams. After five minutes not a person in sight. Climbing steadily I reach the end of the trail, ford the creek, wend through dense forest. Above tree line the peak rises, a mass of crumbling rock. On all fours scrambling, slipping,  then scratching my way to the summit. Big horn sheep, mountain goats tread absolute. Scanning the horizon I realize Antero looms across the valley floor. My ego shattered my effort in vain.
	Scott Larson: He lives in Colorado.  He writes poetry and prose in all forms but his love for the mountains continually draws him back to writing and reading poems in the Chinese mountains and rivers tradition.  Two of his favorite poets of old include Han Shan and Meng Chiao.  He attempts to let his poetry unfold like a vast ink on paper Chinese landscape painting.  He dreams of one day hiking the 500 mile Colorado Trail and recording the journey in poetry and painting.  Any artist interested in collaborating on such a project can reach him at dscottlarson@gmail.com. スコット・ラーソン：コロラド州在住。様々なスタイルで詩や散文を書くが、山岳愛好から中国の古典山河詩の世界にいつも心動かされてきた。古典の詩人ではハンシャン（寒山）とメンチァオ（孟郊）を好んで読む。自作の詩を水墨画のように描く試みもやろうとしている。いつかコロラド・トレイル500マイルを歩いて、その旅の記録を詩と絵に結晶させたいと夢みる。このようなプロジェクトに興味のあるアーティストはスコット・ラーソンまで。dscottlarson@gmail.com Copyright by Scott Larson index | previous | next