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Trumpet Like Satchmo

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"Wail, Man, Wail" | Anthony Satori

“Wail, Man, Wail”  |  Anthony Satori

A portrait of musician Chantz Powell.  This performer is a true triple-threat: singer, dancer, trumpet player.  He’s been on the scene for years, and I recently got to see him put on a show on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California.  Crowds gathered, the energy was high, and music was in the air.  Some performers just bring it, no matter where they are, and Chantz is one of those.  If you find yourself in the Santa Monica area this holiday season, keep your eyes and ears open… you might just get lucky and catch a performance.  If not, you can always catch up with him at chantz.com.

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Emerson and Nature

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“Puppy”  |  Animal Spirits  (pg. 28)  |  Anthony Satori

I am convinced that animals have souls, much like we do.  They demonstrate truly individual personalities, they display an undeniable capacity for love, and when you look into their eyes, it doesn’t take much to see that there are real thoughts and emotions behind them.  In addition, only a creature with a soul could experience empathy, and if you’ve ever had a pet cuddle up to you when you were feeling down, you surely understand what I am saying.

Transcendentalist philosopher and noted nature-lover Ralph Waldo Emerson built an entire spiritual philosophy around the belief that nature is a window into a deeper spiritual world.  And the further I look into the natural world myself, the more convinced I become that he was right. 

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Tree and Cloud

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"Tree and Cloud" | Anthony Satori

“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.BlogImage-footd

Glittering Plains

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"The Glittering Plains of Odainsaker" | Anthony Satori

“The Glittering Plains of Odainsaker”  |  Anthony Satori

In ancient Nordic mythology, there is a place — a real location, somewhere in the world — where anyone who goes there becomes healthy and youthful, and remains that way forever.  It is called Odainsaker: “The Deathless Acre.”  It is said that when you find it, you will recognize it immediately, because the land glitters like gold.