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.

Saturday, August 29, 2015

The blue of meditative mind.



I love the color blue whenever I find it in Nature, in large part because it ushers me directly into a meditative state of mind, where my awareness is as wide as the sky. One of the early desert fathers - Evagrius Ponticus - spoke of "the blue sapphire of the mind." I agree!

Photo: Mountain Gentian with Nokhu Crags in the background, Never Summer Mountains, CO, August 29, 2015
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