Hunter Perkins · Pacific Northwest
Poems out loud,
trail adventures,
things half‑built.
I create things and I go looking for meaning in nature. 175 poems performed and watched 828.3K times on YouTube, a journal of Cascade and Olympic trails, 4 projects in various states of completion, and a running record of every book and film that got to me (and a few that ticked me off).
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PoetrySpoken · 175 episodes
Poems, performed
Dramatic readings of classical and contemporary poetry. Whitman, Browning, Dickinson, Poe — recorded one at a time, mostly at night.
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O Me! O Life! Walt Whitman · Episode 38 80.6Kviews -
No Man is an Island John Donne · Episode 58 78.3Kviews -
Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came Robert Browning · Episode 1 50.3Kviews -
The Pied Piper of Hamelin Robert Browning · Episode 2 39.6Kviews -
She Walks in Beauty Lord Byron · Episode 8 38Kviews
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From the trail
Mostly Washington. Mostly alone or with my kids. Written down because writing these things is important to living.
744 miles and 190,036 feet of climb across 118 recorded hikes →
hike Iron Peak
Iron Peak is situated north of Cle Elum, WA. If you are familiar with Ingalls Lake popular especially in Larch Season, this trailhead is just shy...
hike Vanson Lake Via Goat Creek Trail
I am a bit on the fence as to whether I should post this entry, but I figure this blog is so little read, it can't...
hike Mount Townsend
Projects · 4 in progress
The workshop
Nothing here is finished. That’s sort of the point. Da Vinci never finished the Mona Lisa. I find solace in that.
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CMP921
A printable pneumatic golf ball cannon. This project began as an exploration of pneumatics with my sons and their great uncle, Chuck....
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Reflection
A journaling app that helps you reflect.
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Resonance
Part game, part meditation, part social experiment.
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Ryplz
Ryplz is the anti Social Network.
in progress
The shelf · 351 entries
What got to me
(Almost) Everything I’ve read and watched, rated honestly, filterable by genre.
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Désert solitaire Edward Abbey ★★★★★ -
Dream Hotel Laila Lalami ★★★★★ -
Autobiography of a Yogi Yogananda Paramahansa ★★★★★ -
Pet Sematary Stephen King ★★★★★ -
Psycho-cybernetics Maxwell Maltz ★★★★★ -
Einstein Walter Isaacson ★★★★★ -
Leonardo da Vinci Walter Isaacson ★★★★★ -
Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson ★★★★★ -
Adult children of emotionally immature parents Lindsay C. Gibson ★★★★★ -
Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia ★★★★☆
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A Star Is Born Bradley Cooper ★★★★★ -
Dune: Part One Denis Villeneuve ★★★★★ -
Muppet Treasure Island Brian Henson ★★★★★ -
Stand By Me Rob Reiner ★★★★★ -
The Princess Bride Rob Reiner ★★★★★ -
Young Frankenstein Mel Brooks ★★★★★ -
Blade Runner 2049 Denis Villeneuve ★★★★★ -
For a Few Dollars More Sergio Leone ★★★★★ -
Neon Genesis Evangelion Hideaki Anno ★★★★★ -
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser Charlotte Zwerin ★★★★★
I believe the ideal life is a creative one: a life where we give more than we take.
Hunter Perkins
This site is a haphazard, slipshod collection of my attempts to live a creative life. You’ll see me and my kids. You’ll see some of the whacky projects I’ve worked on, adventures in the outdoors. We’ll see where this goes.