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.

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

The persistent presence of noise interferes with what we are as human beings.


"By and large, silence is not a virtue or a valued commodity in our fast-paced world.  For us modern humans, especially those of us needful of, or immersed in technology, silence is virtually not an option.  We have swapped the natural sounds that have been part of human existence over eons of time . . . for artificially generated noises . . . More alarming than constant noise is that apparent sense of normalcy and perhaps the possibility that we NEED constant noise . . . I believe the persistent presence of noise interferes with what we are as human beings."

Joseph M. Marshall III,
"Returning to the Lakota Way"


Photo: Spirea and Grinnell Falls, Glacier National Park, MT; July 22, 2014

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