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, January 22, 2013

The moon is my very mind.


The moon hasn't set.

It's the unpolished jewel.  
Incandescence round and full,
it hangs there in blackest-azure skies,
my very mind.

Cold Mountain (Han Shan)
c. 7th-9th century China

Photo: Burned Ponderosa Pine snag with the moon and Juniper to the moon's left; Hewlett Burn, Poudre Canyon, CO; January 21, 2013









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