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, June 15, 2015

We are hurried OUT of the world before having got INTO it, got one good look at it."


"Many are in some strange way business-bitten with low cares. 'No time,' 'too many duties,' 'not strong enough, rich enough,' etc., are excuses urged [for not getting out into Nature]. In money-getting and mere good-doing, etc., we die and are coffined and hearsed and hidden away in a graveyard, hurried OUT of the world before having got INTO it, got one good look at it."

The Contemplative John Muir




Photos: Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, June 8 and May 29, 2015


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