Tyson Forbes (Emerson), John Catron (Thoreau), Norah Long (Nature). Photos by Eric Melzer.

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The first in time and the first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still.—Henry David Thoreau