Nathan Larson

...The artistic tension between the two mediums transforms those moments into a religious awakening as we follow his pilgrimage through the natural world." -William Ferris, author The South in Color: A Visual Journal, former chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Grammy award winner

"Field Notes on Avoidance is a breathtakingly beautiful blend of poetry and photography by Nathan Larson. Deftly captured with both language and image, Larson shares his intimate encounters with nature...(continues in comments)

Over the past few years, I’ve traveled thousands of miles across North America photographing quiet places and writing. Those explorations became Field Notes on Avoidance—a book of 60 poems and 50 photographs.
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Written at a one room schoolhouse in Kansas.

The Lower Fox Creek School near Strong, Kansas,completed in 1882. A sign of a changing American West, one-room schoolhouses spread as settlers established themselves. Operational from 1882 to 1930 and attended by nearby children. School attendance ranged from 3 to 19 students with all eight grades.

Middle of America

Secluded
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#sepia #lonetree #traveling #vanlife

Latest episode of WonderBuzz is out! Checkout wherever you listen to podcasts. #podcasts #creativity #tomhaushalter #wonderbuzz

Latest poem- Driftwood. More on my
Blog #poems #poetry #art

WonderBuzz episode 3 is out in a few hours. Like, share, and enjoy! linktr.ee/nathanlarson

Now

If you are going to break me, break me now… #poem #poetry

www.nathanlarson.com/photo/willow/ “Willow” prints available. #horses #horse #fineart #prints #blackandwhite

New episode of WonderBuzz is out. I talk about viewing massive coastal brown bears in Alaska. Check it out and share! linktr.ee/nathanlarson

WonderBuzz intro podcast episode is live. Take a listen and share! Find it everywhere you get your podcasts. linktr.ee/nathanlarson

A few pages from my Wildflower Field Journal covering them the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Ocean.

Do Birds Still Sing?   

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#poems #writing #poetry

Sea urchin tests from the Lost Coast of California. Sea urchin tests have five symmetrical parts arranged around a central point, like the segments of an orange. #seaurchin #lostcoast #california #fineartprints #stilllife

Glacier National Park
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#glaciernationalpark #landscape #mountains #vanlife

This Morning- poem by Nathan Larson. www.nathanlarson.com/gallery/this...
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#poem #nature #distance

Word and photograph by Nathan Larson www.instagram.com/p/DFibc_EPzUT/

Stand Your Ground
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A female coastal brown bear communicates with a lone male bear moving towards her territory. Both showing she is not a threat but also ready to protect her cub if needed.
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#alaska #brownbear #bearcub #animalbehavior

Excerpt of Pugnacious, full poem
in image.

They blame the ones who look different,
who love different,
who pray in a tongue not their own.

They call it corruption,
call it weakness,
call it sickness eating at our American bones.
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Alaskan Mother
#poem #brownbear #grizzly #alaska #nature #getoutside

Red Bird
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#poems #poetry #writing #redbird

Portraits by Nathan Larson
#portriats #artportrait #creativearts #storytelling

Tree of Life- poem by Nathan Larson. #poetry #poem #poetrytoday #writemore #trees

Portraits by Nathan Larson

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#portraits #portrait #headshots #portraitfun #artisticportraits

Break the End
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#poems #poetry #writing #writingproject

My home the last two years. We have been in every state except Hawaii and all over Canada including the Arctic Ocean. See some of the results of my adventures on my website. #vanlife #overland #storytelleroverland #vantravel #vanstories #van #sprintervan #wanderlust

Summer sun setting over vast pastures. A historic barn stands empty, now serving as a hunting perch for hawks. I love this photograph and the mood in conjures. #abandoned #sepia #barns #hawks #history #vantravel #fineartprints