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.

Thursday, May 7, 2015

All things are our relatives . . .



"Perhaps the most important reason for Hembleciya (a vision quest - crying for a dream) is that it helps us to realize our oneness with all things, to know that all things are our relatives . . .




"and then on behalf of all things to pray to Wakan Tanka that He may give to us knowledge of Him who is the source of all things."

Nicholas Black Elk
Oglala Lakota




Photos: Springtime in the Burn! Oregon Holly-grape, a bull elk with velvet on his antlers, and an exquisitely-patterned burnt tree; Fern Lake Burn, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, May 6, 2015. The fourth photo is Black Elk

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