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, January 12, 2012

The Spiritual Understanding - Rather Than Grasping - is Itself Grasped by Wisdom

 

"By the natural understanding the soul grasps the object which it penetrates; but by the spiritual understanding, instead of grasping, it is itself grasped."

William of St. Thierry, 12th century Cistercian monk

Photo: Last light penetrates a hillside in the Medicine Bow Mountains, CO, January 6, 2012

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