“Face to Face” | Anthony Satori
“Now it is time to sit quiet, face to face with thee, and to sing dedication of life in this silent and overflowing leisure.”
– Rabindranath Tagore
Dedication of Life
poetry
Your One Wild and Precious Life
“Sacred Awe” | Anthony Satori
“I don’t know exactly what a prayer is. I do know how to pay attention, how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields, which is what I have been doing all day. Tell me, what else should I have done? Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
– Mary Oliver
Happy New Year, everyone! May you have health, happiness, peace, and prosperity – and, above all, love – in this, your one wild and precious life.
Metaphysical Gravity
“Metaphysical Gravity” | Anthony Satori
“Love is metaphysical gravity.”
– R. Buckminster Fuller
Sacred
“Moment” –|– Anthony Satori
“Love’s greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred.”
– Barbara De Angelis
In the Dew of Little Things
“Flower Petals” –|– Anthony Satori
“In the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.”
– Omar Khayyam
Just Like the Sun
“Cat’s Eyes” –|– Anthony Satori
“Just imagine becoming the way you used to be… before you understood the meaning of any word, before opinions took over your mind. The real you is loving, joyful, and free. The real you is just like a flower, just like the wind, just like the ocean, just like the sun.”
– Don Miguel Ruiz
New Colors
“Blue Peacock” –|– Anthony Satori
“She told me a bit of madness is key, to give us new colors to see. Who knows where it will lead us? And that’s why they need us. So here’s to the rebels, the ripples from pebbles, the painters and poets and plays. And here’s to the fools who dream, as crazy as they may seem. And here’s to the hearts that break.”
– Damien Chazelle (La La Land)
When the Dawn is Still Dark
“Foggy Road” –|– Anthony Satori
“Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.”
– Rabindranath Tagore
O, Wind
“Blue and White” –|– Anthony Satori
“O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind? “
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
Jupiter and Saturn in Conjunction
“Jupiter and Saturn in Conjunction” –|– Anthony Satori
“The ninety and nine are with dreams content.
But the hope of the world made new
Is the hundredth person who is grimly bent
On making dreams come true.”
— Ted Olson
I took this photograph just a few weeks ago, on December 21, 2020. At first blush, it may not be evident why this image might be of particular note. The two lights in the sky, however, are the planets Jupiter and Saturn, and they are in “conjunction” — which means that on this particular night these two celestial bodies were visibly closer together in our sky than they have been in nearly 800 years. The last time they appeared this close (0.1 degree apart) was 1226 AD. Merely to be alive to witness the recurrence of such a phenomenon is quite amazing. To top it off, however, this incredibly rare event occurred on Winter Solstice (for the Northern Hemisphere), which feels doubly auspicious.
Winter Solstice is the longest, darkest, and often coldest night of the year. In this moment, we are the farthest from the Sun than at any other time. It also means, however, that a shift is occurring. Things are now beginning to turn around, and to move back toward the renewal of life, toward the expansion of light and warmth, and toward the rejuvenation that comes with springtime.
Keep faith, everyone. The planets have aligned.
(See below for a more close-up photograph of the conjunction!)
“Jupiter and Saturn in Conjunction (with moons visible)” | 2020-12-21 18:40 (PST) | Anthony Satori
