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

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

To conceive of any natural object with a total apprehension, we must for the thousandth time approach it as something totally strange.


"To conceive of any natural object with a total apprehension I must for the thousandth time approach it as something totally strange . . . You must be aware that no thing is what you have taken it to be."

Henry David Thoreau

Photo: Aspen bark detail, with the Lumpy Ridge in the background; Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; December 7, 2012.  We could benefit from taking the same approach to people and events that are challenging for us.




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