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.

Friday, December 13, 2013

If we regard Nature, Nature regards us as well.


"In Chinese painting, Nature is no longer an inert, passive entity. If we regard it, it regards us as well: if we speak to it, it speaks to us as well. Evoking Jingting Mountain, the poet Li Bai affirms: 'We regard one another tirelessly,' which echoes the painter Shitao who, with regard to Mount Huang, says, 'our tete-a-tete is endless.' "

Francois Cheng,
"The Way of Beauty"


Photo: A snowy Arthur's Rock gazes at the western Sky; Lory State Park, CO; December 5, 2013

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