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 HatchFort Collins, ColoradoP.S. There's a label index at the bottom of the blog.
The spirit of the landscape has the patience to see who we really are.
Each
of us seeks a mirror in which we can see our true self most clearly.
Generally, other people cannot serve as the primary mirror, for they -
like us - are often distracted and preoccupied, and thus do not have the
patience to look beyond our superficial qualities in order to see into
the depths. The spirit of the Landscape, on the other hand, has all
the time in the world. It is She who possesses the silence - a
stillness whose other name is love - as well as the perseverance and
patience to see into the truest part of who we really are. When we
understand this fact, we are then able to maintain a lighter touch with
people, a stance which gives them the freedom to serve as partial
mirrors that are then capable of revealing to us bits and pieces of our
own true self.
Photo: Beartooth Butte reflected in Beartooth Lake; Beartooth Mountains, WY; August 4, 2013
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