“Planet Ocean” | Anthony Satori
“How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly [planet] Ocean.”
— Arthur C. Clarke
Planet Ocean
Anthony Satori
The Abyss
“Cat on a Window Sill” | Anthony Satori
“If you gaze long enough into the abyss, the abyss will eventually gaze back into you.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche
Summer Nights
“Summer Nights” | Anthony Satori
“Only those who have cultivated the art of living completely in the present have any use for making plans for the future, for when the plans mature they will be able to enjoy the results.”
— Alan Watts
Earth, Heaven, Tao.
“Birds in the Blue Sky” | Anthony Satori
“Man takes his law from the Earth; the Earth takes its law from Heaven; Heaven takes its law from the Tao. The law of the Tao is its being what it is.”
— Lao Tzu
Merge with the Divine
“Contemplation” | Anthony Satori
“Well, I believe life is a Zen koan, that is, an unsolvable riddle. But the contemplation of that riddle — even though it cannot be solved — is, in itself, transformative. And if the contemplation is of high enough quality, you can merge with the divine.”
— Tom Robbins
Only Sacredness
“Black and Yellow Butterfly” | Anthony Satori
“Something opens our wings. Someone fills the cup in front of us: We taste only sacredness.”
— Rumi
This World
“Hallelujah” | Anthony Satori
“This world is full of conflicts and full of things that cannot be reconciled. But.. when we can transcend.. and reconcile and embrace the whole mess.. that’s what I mean by ‘Hallelujah.'”
— Leonard Cohen
Path of Light
“Path of Light” | Anthony Satori
“Nobody else can live the life you live. And even though no human being is perfect, we always have the chance to bring what’s unique about us to live in a redeeming way.”
— Fred Rogers
Night, the Beloved
“Night, the Beloved” | Anthony Satori
“Night, the beloved. Night, when words fade and things come alive. When.. all that is truly important becomes whole and sound again. When man reassembles his fragmentary self and grows with the calm of a tree.”
— Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Sunlit Vase
“Sunlit Vase” | Anthony Satori
“Shadows. Sometimes people don’t see shadows. The Chinese, of course, never paint them in pictures, oriental art never deals with shadow. But I noticed these shadows and I knew it meant it was sunny.”
— David Hockney
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