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.
When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find that it is bound fast by a thousand invisible cords that cannot be broken to everything else in the universe.
"Most people are ON the world, not IN it -
have no conscious sympathy or relationship to anything about them -
undiffused, separate, and rigidly alone like marbles of polished stone,
touching but separate . . . [But] when we try to pick out
anything by itself, we find that it is bound fast by a thousand
invisible cords that cannot be broken to everything in the universe. One
fancies a heart like our own must be beating in every crystal and cell .
. ."
The Contemplative John Muir
Photo: Bushes of
rose hips, with Stone's Peak and surrounding mountains in the
background; Moraine Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; April 21,
2014
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