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.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

When your mind is silent, then the forest suddenly becomes magnificently real and blazes transparently with the Reality of God.


"When your tongue is silent, you can rest in the silence of the forest.  When your imagination is silent, the forest speaks to you . . . But when your mind is silent, then the forest suddenly becomes magnificently real and blazes transparently with the Reality of God."

Thomas Merton

Photo:  Aspen trees glow in the day's first light; Vail, CO; November 23, 2012
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