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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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Monks are like trees in the dark, purifying the air by their vital presence.

 

"In the night of our technological barbarism, monks must be as trees which exist silently in the dark, and by their vital presence purify the air."

Thomas Merton  

Photo: A Douglas-fir "tree monk" prays, draped in a habit of snow; Lory State Park, CO; February 2, 2014

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