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

P.S. There's a label index at the bottom of the blog.

Sunday, May 11, 2014

Has joy any survival value in the operations of evolution?


"Has joy any survival value in the operations of evolution?  I suspect that it does; I suspect that the morose and fearful are doomed to quick extinction.  Where there is no joy there can be no courage, and without courage all other virtues are useless."

Edward Abbey 

Photo: Rough Mulesears blooms, with one of the Courthouse Towers in the background; Arches National Park, UT; May 5, 2014
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