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.

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Phenomena are "saved" when we gasp at their loveliness with the ahh of wonder.


"Phenomena need not be saved by grace or faith or all-embracing theory.  They are saved by our simple gasping at their imaginal loveliness.  The ahh of wonder, of recognition.  The aesthetic response saves the phenomenon, the phenomenon which is the face of the world."

James Hillman

"We are saved when we see our own beauty in the display of everyday life.  We find our own face, the unique visage of our soul, in the world's display of itself."

Thomas Moore

Photo: Indian Paintbrush and the beautiful teal-colored Mirror Lake, Flat Tops Wilderness, CO; June 10, 2012

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