“Tree of Light” | Anthony Satori
“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.”
— Aristotle
Trees and flowers have a deep thirst for light. Light is their food, their nourishment, their essential source of life. So whenever you see a thriving tree or flower — even if it is hidden under the dark of night, or enfolded in shadows — it is, in reality, filled to the edges with the life-giving energy of light.
“The Simple Things” | Anthony Satori
“If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has the power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.”
— Eleonora Duse
“With Winged Heart” | Anthony Satori
“But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night… and then to wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.”
— Kahlil Gibran
“The Stacks” | Anthony Satori
“The page is long, blank, and full of truth. When I am through with it, it shall probably be long, full, and empty with words.”
— Jack Kerouac
“Imagination Itself” | Anthony Satori
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is, in the eyes of others, only a green thing that stands in the way. But to the eyes of the person of imagination, nature is imagination itself.”
— William Blake
“Girl Playing Guitar by Firelight” | Anthony Satori
“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes ‘Awww!'”
— Jack Kerouac
“Mysterious Ways” | Anthony Satori
“Life unfolds itself in mysterious ways.”
— Khalil Gibran
“Deep Blue Sea” | Anthony Satori
“Great are they who see that the spirit is stronger than any material force — that thoughts rule the world.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
“In the Calm of the Afternoon” | Anthony Satori
“That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you’re not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.”
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
I believe that Fitzgerald got this exactly right. Literature has the ability to connect us — in an almost mystical way — with the universal elements of the human experience. This applies not only to literature, of course, but to all art — music, dance, painting, photography, film, poetry, etc. Every time an artist creates a genuine expression of their inner spirit, it has the potential to bring humanity closer together, and to draw us further toward a place of true connection and harmony.
“The Soul Within” | Anthony Satori
“Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within.”
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
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