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, October 6, 2012

Wilderness spaciousness puts us in touch with the vastness of our own true self.


The spaciousness of wilderness landscapes acts as a mirror reflecting the expansive quality of our true inner self.  Contact with this interior vastness then enables us to transcend the hectic pace of a society that causes us to feel contracted, claustraphobic and stressed.  When we live from this inner core of spaciousness we experience a vibrant sense of freedom that is able then to spread  to everyone around us, thereby enriching ALL of our lives in the process.

Photo: Aspen, cottonwoods and Moraine Park spread out in the foreground, with Long's Peak and Thatchtop Mountain looming on the horizon.  Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; September 29, 2012

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