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

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Sunday, January 26, 2014

Beautiful things act like small tears in the surface of the world that pull us through to some vaster space.

 

"The surfaces of the world are aesthetically uneven. You come around a bend in the road and the world suddenly falls open. When we come upon beautiful things, they act like small tears in the surface of the world that pull us through to some vaster space."

Elaine Scarry
"On Beauty and Being Just"

Photo: Snow Lily, a cascade, and Mt. Alice in the background; Lion Lakes area; Wild Basin, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; June 24, 2013

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