“Violin” | Anthony Satori
“If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less, but to dream more, to dream all the time.”
– Marcel Proust
Dream More
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Everything Has Beauty
“Fig Beetle” | Anthony Satori
“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”
– Confucius
This Moment
“Little Rabbit” | Anthony Satori
“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”
– Omar Khayyam
A Moment in Time
“A Moment in Time” | Anthony Satori
“Every particular in nature – a leaf, a drop, a crystal, a moment in time – is related to the whole, and partakes in the perfection of the whole.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
A Day at the Races
“A Day at the Races” | Anthony Satori
“I hadn’t played the horses in years and was bemused with all the new names. There was one horse called Big Pop that sent me into a temporary trance thinking of my father, who used to play the horses with me. I was just about to mention it to Old Bull Lee when he said, ‘Well I think I’ll try this Ebony Corsair here.’
Then I finally said it. ‘Big Pop reminds me of my father.’
He mused for just a second, his clear blue eyes fixed on mine hypnotically so that I couldn’t tell what he was thinking or where he was. Then he went over and bet on Ebony Corsair.
Big Pop won and paid fifty to one.
‘Damn!’ said Bull. ‘I should have known better, I’ve had experience with this before. Oh, when will we ever learn?’
‘What do you mean?’
‘Big Pop is what I mean. You had a vision, boy, a vision. Only damn fools pay no attention to visions. How do you know your father, who was an old horseplayer, just didn’t momentarily communicate to you that Big Pop was going to win the race? The name brought the feeling up in you, he took advantage of the name to communicate. That’s what I was thinking about when you mentioned it.’
In the car as we drove back to his old house he said, ‘Mankind will someday realize that we are actually in contact with the other world, whatever it is.’”
– Jack Kerouac
Elements of Happiness
“Sphere” | Anthony Satori
“It is the possession of a great heart or a great mind, and not the mere fame of it, which is worth having and which is conducive to happiness. Not fame, but that which deserves to be famous, is what one should hold in esteem. Fame itself is only an accident.
Likewise, one who deserves fame without getting it possesses by far the more important element of happiness. It is not that a person is thought to be great by the masses… but that a person really is great, which should move us to value their position. And their happiness should not derive from the fact that posterity may hear of them, but rather from the fact that they are the creator of thoughts worthy to be treasured and studied.”
– Arthur Schopenhauer
Beauty and Harmony
“Open Wings” | Anthony Satori
“Real strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it often bestows them.”
– Herman Melville
They Alone See Truly
“The Field” | Anthony Satori
“Whatever exists, animate or inanimate, is born through the union of the field and its knower. They alone see truly, who see the spirit of God the same in every creature. Seeing the same God everywhere, they do not harm themselves or others. Thus they attain the supreme goal.”
– The Bhagavad Gita
What is Sacred?
“Enzo Revisited” | Anthony Satori
“There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: Only love.”
– Lord Byron
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.
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