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, September 15, 2013

Perhaps a great love is never returned.


"Perhaps a great love is never returned.  Had it been given warmth and shelter by its counterpart in the Other, perhaps it would have been hindered from ever growing to maturity.  It 'gives' us nothing.  But in its world of loneliness it leads us up to summits with wide vistas - of insight."

Dag Hammarskjold

Photo: Indian Paintbrush, Siyeh Pass Trail, Glacier National Park, MT; August 1, 2013






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