“Video meliora proboque deteriora sequor / I see & approve of the better way, but follow the worse,” OVID
The Metamorphoses #aphorism

IMAGE: Ancient Whitebark pine, rooted on solid granite at 2700m, with protective, wind-shaped Sulalpine fir surrounding it. The WALLOWAS, “Land of Winding Waters,” OREGON.

POEMS TO LIVE BY no. 15, “I see & approve of the better way, but follow the worse”

Composer. Writer. Photographer. Former conductor & founder of the ASKO ensemble.

On a bike/ski/hike trek of the Pacific Northwest studying native plants & climate breakdown 🌲 from sagebrush sea to whitebark pine. Composing off-grid the whole way.

#Sun2Sound 🌕 on X

THINKING LIKE A STONEPINE, a soundpoem manifesto https://vimeo.com/844665859

“LOVE & WATER, three thought poems w/ coda, PHAROS for small orchestra, “Nightwind”” https://vimeo.com/847079690 

CURRENTLY on mt bike/ski/climbing trek through Pacific Northwest, working on a photobook about WHITEBARK PINE COLLAPSE and CLIMATE CRISIS. BASES in the WALLOWAS | AMSTERDAM | ALPS. 

WEEKLY photo/poetry updates at www.picture-poems.com & THE CIRCLE IN THE SQUARE new music, poetry & dance performance project at www.cs-music.com

ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT for progressive, tech-savy, instrumental virtuosi interested in dialogue & collaborative undertakings.

CONTACT cliff@picture-opoems.com
Or on SKYPE or FACETIME @cliffcrego

MUSIC? The one thing humans do,
that makes the rest of nature jealous.

POEMS TO LIVE BY no. 15, “I see & approve of the better way, but follow the worse”

Cliff Crego