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Emerson and Nature

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“Puppy”  |  Animal Spirits  (pg. 28)  |  Anthony Satori

I am convinced that animals have souls, much like we do.  They demonstrate truly individual personalities, they display an undeniable capacity for love, and when you look into their eyes, it doesn’t take much to see that there are real thoughts and emotions behind them.  In addition, only a creature with a soul could experience empathy, and if you’ve ever had a pet cuddle up to you when you were feeling down, you surely understand what I am saying.

Transcendentalist philosopher and noted nature-lover Ralph Waldo Emerson built an entire spiritual philosophy around the belief that nature is a window into a deeper spiritual world.  And the further I look into the natural world myself, the more convinced I become that he was right. 

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Summer Reading

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"Summer Reading" | Anthony Satori

“Summer Reading”  |  Anthony Satori

The heel of her foot pressed into the lounge chair… her hand involuntarily gripped the towel beneath her… she was transported into another world by the words on the page…

As the sun illuminates the body, so knowledge illuminates the mind.

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Boxed In

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Boxed In | Anthony Satori

Boxed In  |  Anthony Satori

No society can truly thrive without the presence of a robust artistic element in its culture.  In the modern era, it is too easy to become jaded, myopic, even utilitarian in our view of the world around us.  We become immune to the enriching effects of subtlety, nuance, and beauty, rendering our psyches out of balance and causing a dangerous lack of vital nourishment to our spiritual health.  The artist’s role, at least in part, is to help us return to a place of awakened perception, to lift us out of purely linear modes of thinking and seeing, and to remind us again how it feels to experience the world with a sense of wonder.BlogImage-footd

Resonant Space

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Italian Street at Night | Anthony Satori

“Resonant Space”  |  Anthony Satori

When I look at this image, I like to think of everyone who has lived, loved, worked, and passed the time here, on this very street, for centuries.  How many people have set foot upon these stones?  How many fingertips have brushed along these walls?  Who made a friend here, fell in love here, dreamed dreams here, lived the fullness of their life within this resonant space?  I like to quiet my mind and try to imagine them, to feel their presence.  I can almost hear the echoes of children laughing and playing, eager to extend the last moments of daylight before the sun goes down and they must go inside…

Art has the power to remind us that beyond all time and space, we are connected.

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