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, September 10, 2013

Yellowstone shakes us out of apathy into newness of life.



"The geysers and hot springs . . . display an exuberance of color and strange motion and energy admirably calculated to surprise and frighten, charm and shake up the least sensitive out of apathy into newness of life
 . . . You will be brought to a standstill, hushed and awe-stricken before phenomena wholly new to you."

John Muir,
at Yellowstone

Photo: Firehole Spring, Yellowstone National Park, WY; August 31, 2013





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