“Lifeguard Towers” | Anthony Satori
“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.”
— Lao Tzu
The Tao of Three
photographic art
Feel The Rain On Your Skin
“The Rain” | Anthony Satori
“Feel the rain on your skin / No one else can feel it for you / Only you can let it in / No one else, no one else / Can speak the words on your lips / Drench yourself in words unspoken / Live your life with arms wide open / Today is where your book begins / The rest is still unwritten.”
— Natasha Bedingfield
Pursuit of the Sublime
“Pursuit of the Sublime” | Anthony Satori
The pursuit of the sublime is far too easily derailed by accepting the belief that some heights are, by their very nature, unattainable. How much better to proceed as if all heights can be reached? What new and exceptional elevations of mind, body and spirit are simply waiting to be attained by those who have the courage to adopt a posture of optimism, vision and faith, and then to engage in the purposeful behavior that derives from these qualities?
The Sea, Half-Held by the Night
“The Sea, Half-Held by the Night” | Anthony Satori
“I am he that walks with the tender and growing night, I call to the earth and sea, half-held by the night… You, sea! I resign myself to you… Sea of stretch’d ground swells, Sea breathing broad and convulsive breaths, Sea of the brine of life… Howler and scooper of storms… I am integral with you, I too am of one phase and of all phases.”
— Walt Whitman
Railroad Earth
“Railroad Earth” | Anthony Satori
“They’ve got to catch the 130, 132, 134, 136, all the way up to 146, till the time of evening supper in homes of the railroad earth…” — Jack Kerouac
Limitless
“Limitless” | Anthony Satori
“Out of my pocket I drew a little edition of Dante — my travelling companion. I lit a pipe, leaned against the wall and made myself comfortable. I hesitated for a moment. Into which verses should I dip? Into the burning pitch of the Inferno, or the cleansing flames of Purgatory? Or should I make straight for the most elevated plane of human hope? I had the choice. Holding my pocket Dante in my hand, I rejoiced in my freedom. The verses I was going to choose so early in the morning would impart their rhythm to the whole of the day.” – Nikos Kazantzakis (Zorba the Greek)
Red Satin
“Red Satin” | Anthony Satori
“True beauty is a ray that springs from the sacred depths of the soul, and illuminates the body, just as life springs from the kernel of a seed and gives color and scent to a flower.” – Khalil Gibran
Boxed In
Boxed In | Anthony Satori
No society can truly thrive without the presence of a robust artistic element in its culture. In the modern era, it is too easy to become jaded, myopic, even utilitarian in our view of the world around us. We become immune to the enriching effects of subtlety, nuance, and beauty, rendering our psyches out of balance and causing a dangerous lack of vital nourishment to our spiritual health. The artist’s role, at least in part, is to help us return to a place of awakened perception, to lift us out of purely linear modes of thinking and seeing, and to remind us again how it feels to experience the world with a sense of wonder.
Resonant Space
“Resonant Space” | Anthony Satori
When I look at this image, I like to think of everyone who has lived, loved, worked, and passed the time here, on this very street, for centuries. How many people have set foot upon these stones? How many fingertips have brushed along these walls? Who made a friend here, fell in love here, dreamed dreams here, lived the fullness of their life within this resonant space? I like to quiet my mind and try to imagine them, to feel their presence. I can almost hear the echoes of children laughing and playing, eager to extend the last moments of daylight before the sun goes down and they must go inside…
Art has the power to remind us that beyond all time and space, we are connected.
Tree and Cloud
“Tree and Cloud” | Anthony Satori
“It is the conviction that nothing mysterious can ever happen in our everyday life that has destroyed the joy of abstract thought.” – Wassily Kandinsky
Kandinsky said this almost a century ago. How much more true, today? To our great good fortune, art has the extraordinary potential to prove this conviction entirely wrong, and to re-introduce wonder into our lives.
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