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, April 22, 2015

Entering the Interior Desert



"This mystical wisdom will occasionally so engulf a person in its secret abyss that she will have the keen awareness of being brought into a place far removed from every creature. She will accordingly feel that she has been led into a remarkably deep and vast wilderness, unattainable by any human creature, into an immense, unbounded desert, the more delightful, savorous, and loving, the deeper, vaster, and more solitary it is."

St. John of the Cross
16th century Spanish mystic





Photos: (Top) Looking out through the North Window at Turret Arch at sunrise; (Middle) Desert Paintbrush and "Wall Street"; (Bottom) Balanced Rock at sunset. All three photos were taken in Arches National Park, UT, on April 18-20, 2015


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