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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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Our lives arise from a reservoir of vast silence - the presence of the One who is eternally lost in love.

On Friday, I snowshoed up to Bierstadt Lake. The switchbacking trail was completely drifted over, and I was the first to make it up to the lake after the snowstorm a day earlier. I love visiting mountain lakes in the wintertime. The sense of spaciousness, solitude and simplicity - all rolled into one - puts me in a meditative state of mind that helps heal the stresses caused by life in society. Like these grasses barely jutting up above the snow, I remember that my life arises from a reservoir of vast silence - the presence of the Source, the One who is eternally lost in love.

Photo: Grasses on Bierstadt Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; January 10, 2014

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