“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
“Untranslatable” | Anthony Satori
“The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me, he complains of my gab and my loitering. I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.”
— Walt Whitman
“Entrée des Artistes” | Anthony Satori
“Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence.”
— Alan Watts
“Warm Sand” | Anthony Satori
“The essence of all beautiful art, of all great art, is gratitude.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche
“La Vie En Rose” | Anthony Satori
“The richness of the world is always available to the poet.”
— Goethe
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