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.

Friday, January 11, 2013

In the mountains, there are ten thousand wrinkles unseen by anyone.


[I]nside the cabin . . . The door swings closed, 
then back open onto exquisite ranged mountains: 
ten thousand wrinkles unseen by anyone,
and every ridge hand-picked by the late sun's slant light.

Yang Wan-li
Ch'an (Zen) Buddhist poet
12th century China

Photo: Ice on Mills Lake, with Long's Peak, Keyboard of the Winds and Pagoda Peak in the background; Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; January 4, 2013




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