"Haiku symbolize the impermenance and momentary nature of life ... This literarary symbology creates visceral spaces where we can catch glimpses at our relationship to nature and time" From 2013-16 I began spending extended periods of time out in the backcountry of Oregon's Cascade Mountain Range. Through (haiku, tanak, & haiga) poetry and imagery this book was chronicles my life "Up the Mtn", in a 10x20 hovel. During this period Oregon's forests became my studio. A studio where nature imbued my creative process and life "Up the Mtn".