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.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Beauty always exists at some border or terminus of the world.


"Beauty always exists at some border or terminus of the world . . . Its natural place is at the edge of the great lack, the great precipice of the world . . . The beautiful can exist at the edge precisely because it has nothing to lose and everything to give away."

Frederick Turner,
"Beauty: The Value of Values"

Photo: Poplar trees and a hillside just after a snowstorm; Big Thompson Canyon, CO; October 26, 2012
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