"Dream Mountains" by Marie Bortolotto 2018

by rivers, then by mountains,

I find my way home;

when last here,

I had no thought or care

for rivers or for mountains.

- Michael McClintock, Tanka poetry

"I just have a dream mountain under the eyelids, 

this is my breath, my life".

- Voytek Kurtyka (Wojciech Kurtyka), 
inspiring Polish Alpinist b. 1947

Every move is a creation,

Maintaining the delicate balance is a creation,

The line is a creation,

Survival is a creation,

Freedom is a creation. 

- Voytek Kurtyka (Wojciech Kurtyka),
Polish Alpinist

I see one single suitable role for my life’s work: 

for it to be a gift to others. 

- Voytek Kurtyka (Wojciech Kurtyka),
Polish Alpinist