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!

If you'd like to purchase photo-quote greeting cards, please go to www.NaturePhoto-QuoteCards.com .


In the Spirit of Wildness,

Stephen Hatch
Fort Collins, Colorado

P.S. There's a label index at the bottom of the blog.

Friday, October 7, 2011

Love is a Magnifying Glass that Reveals the Inner Beauty of a Thing


Love and a sense of wonder are not just sentimental feelings; they have real, epistemological value.  For these attitudes serve as a sort of magnifying glass that enables us to see clear through to the divine core present within each being and each situation. Indeed, this capacity to penetrate through superficial clutter to the core of inner beauty is precisely what the spiritual life is designed to accomplish.

Photo: Raindrops on an aspen leaf, Medicine Bow Mountains, CO, October 6, 2011

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