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 alpenglow is the most impressive of all the terrestrial manifestations of God!
"The
sun is setting . . . The range is baptized in the divine light of the
alpenglow, and its rocks and trees are transfigured . . . The alpenglow
is the most impressive of all the terrestrial manifestations of God . . . Stay on the good fire-mountain and spend the night among the
stars. Watch their glorious bloom until dawn, and get one more baptism
of light. Then, with fresh heart, go down to your work, and whatever
your fate, under whatever ignorance or knowledge you may afterward
chance to suffer, you will remember these fine, wild views and look back
with joy to your wanderings . . . "
The Contemplative John Muir
Photo: A ragged Subalpine Fir is silhouetted against a windswept Long's
Peak radiant with alpenglow; Mills Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park,
CO; January 27, 2014
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