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, November 30, 2011

Even Rock is Transparent and Glows Like a Thought


"I spring to my feet crying: 'Heavens and earth!  Rock is not light, not heavy, but is transparent and unfathomable as the sky itself.  Every pore gushes, glows like a thought with immortal life, . . . the whole rocky picture seemingly translucent as if lighted from within by its own internal light!' "

John Muir

Photo: The La Sal Mountains, Fisher Towers, and surrounding mesas; from I 70 near Cisco, UT, November 25, 2011 

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