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.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

I don't want the sight of any thrones in heaven but the rocks.


"But for me, the mountains and their people were alike beautiful in their snow, and in their humanity; and I wanted, neither for them nor myself, the sight of any thrones in heaven but the rocks, nor of any spirits in heaven but the clouds."

John Ruskin
19th century English art critic

Photo: Green Quartzite on Medicine Bow Pass, with Sugarloaf Mountain in the background; Snowy Range, WY; August 18, 2012.  Yes, the quartzite really is this intense color of green!
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