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, July 17, 2013

It is the longing for beauty which actually brings things into being.


"Beauty is the great creating cause which bestirs the world and holds all things in existence by the longing inside them to have beauty.  It is the longing for beauty which actually brings things into being."

Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite,
6th century Syrian monk

Photo: Rosy and Western Yellow Paintbrush, American Lakes, Never Summer Range, CO; July 8, 2013






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