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All We Have is the Inspiration That Comes from Beauty

9/13/2019

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“All we have, it seems to me, is the beauty of art and nature and life, and the love which that beauty inspires.”

Edward Abbey
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(Sacred Datura, Arches National Park, UT, September 2, 2019)

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Brave, Sweet, Heartbreaking Beauty

9/13/2019

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"The brave, sweet, heartbreaking beauty of all wild and lonely things . . ."

Edward Abbey
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(Mary Jane Falls and cascade on Professor Creek, near Moab, UT, August 31, 2019)

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We Become What We Behold

9/13/2019

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"The more thrilling, wonderful divine objects I behold in a day, the more expanded and immortal I become."

Henry David Thoreau
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(Rosy Paintbrush and Indian Paintbrush, American Lakes Basin, Never Summer Range, CO, August, 2019)

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True Land Ownership

9/13/2019

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​"The land belongs to them that love it."
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Edward Abbey
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(Juniper and Skyline Arch, Arches National Park, UT, August 30, 2019)
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External Beauty is One with the Internal Beauty of the Soul

9/12/2019

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"I love the glorious host of mountain forms, whose beauty forms so great a part of a terrestrial human soul . . ."

John Muir 
"The Contemplative John Muir'


(Lake of Glass, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, September 6, 2019)

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The Life of Adventure is the Only One That Makes Sense

9/12/2019

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"The life of adventure is the only life that makes sense. Adventure interpreted broadly, of course - to include not only physical action and exploration, but also human love, ideas and ideals, the arts . . ."

Edward Abbey

(Winterfat and Skyline Arch at sunset, Arches National Park, UT, August 31, 2019)
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Wilderness is a Part of Our Spiritual Makeup

6/24/2016

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The Desert is No Lady

6/24/2016

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When Presidents are at Their Best

6/24/2016

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I believe that EVERY president - of both political parties - is at their very best when dissolving into the larger, more spiritual, more expansive context of our outdoor temples - our National Parks. This past Sunday - Father's Day - it was Barack Obama's turn 😊
‪#‎barackobama‬ ‪#‎nationalparkservice‬ ‪#‎stephenhatch‬ ‪#‎wildernessmysticism‬

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Moving Beyond the Horizon

6/24/2016

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    Stephen Hatch, M.A. is a spiritual teacher and photographer from Fort Collins, Colorado.  His approach is contemplative, inter-spiritual, and Earth-based.

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