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, July 12, 2012

The Good has taken refuge in the Beautiful.


"The Beautiful is related to the Good, but distinguishable in that unlike the Good, the Beautiful 'can be laid hold of.'  Plato asserts: 'the Good has taken refuge in the Beautiful.'  In housing the good, the beautiful, through its own light and radiance, disposes the soul toward it.  Through the soul's search for Good, the Beautiful reveals itself.  Good is the goal to which Beauty leads."

Ronald Schenk, "The Soul of Beauty"

Photo: Various shades of Rosy Paintbrush bloom on a hillside in the alpine tundra near Hurricane Pass, Grand Teton National Park, WY; July 6, 2012

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