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.

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

The blood-red hues of the desert remind us that wild country is essential to our psychology.


"As the world becomes more crowded and corroded by consumption and capitalism, this landscape of minimalism will take on greater significance, reminding us through its blood red grandeur just how essential wild country is to our psychology, how precious the desert is to the soul of America."

Terry Tempest Williams




Photos: (Top) Juniper berries and South Window at sunrise, Arches National Park, UT, April 20, 2015; (Middle) Stemless Woolybase and Corona Arch, near Moab, UT, April 19, 2015; (Bottom) Matted Pea, Red Canyon Open Space, Larimer County, CO, April 25, 2015


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