Welcome! I am a contemplative thinker and photographer from Colorado. In this blog, you'll discover photographs that I've taken on my hiking and backpacking trips, mostly in the American West. I've paired these with my favorite inspirational and philosophical quotes - literary passages that emphasize the innate spirituality of the natural world. I hope you enjoy them!

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In the Spirit of Wildness,

Stephen Hatch
Fort Collins, Colorado

P.S. There's a label index at the bottom of the blog.

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Compassion arises out of lucidity


"Basic: the struggle for lucidity, out of which compassion can at last arise.  Then you are free.  That is, you are lost: there is no self to save.  You simply love.  Free of desire for oneself, desiring only lucidity for oneself and others."

Thomas Merton, 1966

Photo: Sunrise on Rabbitbrush and a butte from my campsite; Canyonlands National Park, UT; November 26, 2012
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