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.

Friday, May 18, 2012

The saint is everywhere where nature prays, and he prays with her and in her.


"We pray, and prayer fashions us.  The saint has himself become prayer, the meeting place of earth and Heaven; he thereby contains the universe, and the universe prays with him.  He is everywhere where nature prays, and he prays with her and in her: in the peaks, which touch the void and eternity; in a flower, which scatters its scent; in the carefree song of a bird."

Frithjof Schuon

Photo: Sticky Geranium, Lory State Park, May 12, 2012

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