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.

Monday, May 4, 2015

We are often like ants who cannot see beyond the denuded perimeter of the anthill . . .


"Most of us have no more awareness of the grandeur, beauty, mystery, complexity, vitality, form and infinite possibilities of the world of earth and space, than the ant has of the landscape beyond the denuded perimeter of the anthill. Why? Because most of us are exclusively preoccupied with the human sphere only - or not even that much - obsessed with the interhuman, the personal, subjective, internal region."

Edward Abbey



Photos: Balanced Rock, Juniper snag, Queen Nefertiti and Desert Paintbrush; Arches National Park, UT, April 18-20, 2015


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