“Shine” | Anthony Satori
“No better way is there to learn to love Nature than to understand Art. It dignifies every flower of the field.”
— Oscar Wilde
Shine
inspiration
Horses
“Horses” | Anthony Satori
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
— Lao Tzu
The Middle Way
“The Middle Way” | Anthony Satori
“There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.”
— Swami Sivananda
Night Jasmine
“Night Jasmine” | Anthony Satori
“Twas midnight — through the lattice, wreathed with woodbine, many a perfume breathed from plants that wake when others sleep, from timid jasmine buds that keep their fragrance to themselves all day, but when the sunlight dies away let their delicious secret out to every breeze that roams about.”
— Thomas Moore
Stained Glass
“Stained Glass” | Anthony Satori
A museum or a church? A celebration of the deep well of human creativity, or an expression of gratitude toward the mysterious universe that created us? It is remarkable how similar such expressions tend to be — how similar the imagery of temples and the imagery of museums align. Perhaps this image reveals an even deeper convergence of belief, a core awareness that when we as humans reach for our best heights of creativity and knowledge, we are, by this very means, paying our deepest respects to the Creative Spirit of the universe.
Hot Sauce
“Hot Sauce” | Anthony Satori
There is a wall at our local fish house which displays various brands of hot sauce from around the world. It features sauces of many different flavors, styles, origins, and intensities. When I look at it, it makes me think of how the sharing of food and flavors from different regions and countries has a way of making the world a smaller place, bringing otherwise disparate people closer together, causing us to feel more connected to one another’s cultures and traditions.
If you want to understand someone better, share a meal with them. If you want to understand a place better, take the time to seek out and experience some of the local cuisine. If you want to feel closer to a specific person, cook something that is meaningful to you and enjoy it with them, and then let them do the same for you. Food can be so much more than just nutrition, so much more than just “filling up.” Food can play a very real role in both intercultural understanding and interpersonal relations, because it touches at the very heart of the human experience.
Enlightenment is Always There
“In the Night” | Anthony Satori
“Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive — that you can touch the miracle of being alive — then that is a kind of enlightenment.”
— Thich Nhat Hanh
To Be Loved
“Loyal Heart” | Anthony Satori
“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn, is just to love and to be loved in return.”
— Eden Ahbez
Expect Wonders
“Expect Wonders” | Anthony Satori
“Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Disguises
“Rabbit” | Anthony Satori
“God changes his appearance every second. Blessed is the man who can recognize him in all his disguises.”
–Nikos Kazantzakis
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