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, June 22, 2012

My solitude belongs to society and to God.



"Work.  To be a solitary and not an individualist.  Not concerned with mere perfecting of my own life . . . My solitude belongs to society and to God.  Are these just words?  Solitude for its special work, the deepening of thought and awareness."

Thomas Merton, Journal, 1960

Photo: Lodgepole Pine snag in the Ouzel Burn, with Mt. Copland in the background, Wild Basin, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; June 18, 2012
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