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 2, 2012

Silence is truth's speaking trumpet.


"Silence is audible to all people, at all times, and in all places.  She is when we hear inwardly, sound when we hear outwardly . . . Sounds are a faint utterance of Silence . . . They are heighteners and intensifiers of the Silence . . . Silence is truth's speaking trumpet, the sole oracle, the true Delphi, which kings and courtiers would do well to consult . . . For through Silence all revelations have been made, and just in proportion as people have consulted her oracle within, they have obtained clear insight."

Henry David Thoreau

Photo: Sacred Datura (or Angels' Trumpet) set against the backdrop of West Temple and the Towers of the Virgin, Zion National Park, UT; May 27, 2012

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