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.

Thursday, December 4, 2014

There is an eagle-like royalty in the fierce desert morning.



"There was a certain magnificence in the high-up day of the desert, a certain eagle-like royalty. In the magnificent fierce morning of the desert one sprang awake. Never is the light more pure and overweening than there, arching with a royalty almost cruel over the hollow, uptilted world."

D.H.Lawrence 




Photos: (Top) Sunrise at Mesa Arch; (Middle) Pinyon Pine and La Sal Mountains; (Bottom) Looking out over the landscape from Island in the Sky. All three photos were taken at Canyonlands National Park, UT, November 30 - December 1, 2014


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