“Wine and Cheese” | Anthony Satori
“My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.”
– Jane Austen
Good Company
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The Ingenuity with which Divinity Hides
“Cupcake with a Flower” | Anthony Satori
“The more prosaic, the more ‘ordinary’ anything seems to be, the more I am moved to marvel at the ingenuity with which divinity hides.”
– Alan Watts
Beauty is All Around Us
“Beauty is All Around Us” | Anthony Satori
“A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun. A bird settled on the fire escape. Joy in the task of coffee. Joy accompanied me as I walked.”
– Anais Nin
Responsive to the World’s Beauty
“Bisque” | Anthony Satori
“What a man does for pay is of little significance. What he is, as a sensitive instrument responsive to the world’s beauty, is everything.”
– H. P. Lovecraft
The Importance of Leisure
“Chocolate Covered Ice Cream Bar” | Anthony Satori
“Together with a culture of work, there must also be a culture of leisure as gratification. To put it another way: people who work must also take the time to relax, to be with their families, to enjoy themselves, to read, to listen to music, to play a sport.”
– Pope Francis
Mystic Salt
“Mystic Salt” | Anthony Satori
Behold the humble salt packet. Salt has been, at various times, used as a seasoning, a form of currency, a food preservative, and as a spiritual charm/talisman believed to bring good luck and to provide protection from evil spirits. Salt is a vital nutrient for our health: without it we simply cannot live. It is an essential element of our oceans, home to over two-thirds of the living creatures on this planet. And it has been culturally and economically instrumental throughout human history. Is there anything salt cannot do?
Mother Earth
“Carrots” | Anthony Satori
“If you truly get in touch with a piece of carrot, you get in touch with the soil, the rain, the sunshine. When you get in touch with Mother Earth and eating in such a way, you feel in touch with true life, your roots, and that is meditation. If we experience every morsel of our food in that way, we become grateful; and when you are grateful, you are happy.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh
Atoms and Void
“Crème Brûlée and a Shot of Espresso” | Anthony Satori
“We think there is color, we think there is sweet, we think there is bitter, but in reality there are only atoms and void.”
– Democritus (c. 400 BC)
Joy, Wonder, and Amazement
“Gingerbread Man” | Anthony Satori
“Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.”
– Plato
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone! I wish you all an abundance of joy, wonder, and amazement in your lives.
Tea and Contemplation
“Tea and Contemplation” –|– Anthony Satori
“Reading furnishes the mind only with the materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.”
— John Locke
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