Sunday 24 March 2013

On Climbing the Sierra Matterhorn Again After Thirty-One Years


Range after range of mountains
Year after year
I am still in love

Gary Snyder

Mountains and Rivers Without End

Perhaps by Lu Yuan (active late-17th century), 
China, Qing dynasty, late 17th century, 
Handscroll; ink on paper, Freer Gallery of Art
This isn't the version that inspired Gary Snyder's same titled book, but an amazing piece of drawing nonetheless. To view a full version of the scroll, click here.