“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
This World
Zen
Shine
“Shine” | Anthony Satori
“No better way is there to learn to love Nature than to understand Art. It dignifies every flower of the field.”
— Oscar Wilde
Simplify
“Simplify” | Anthony Satori
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Join the Dance
“Spins” | Anthony Satori
“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, to move with it, to join the dance.”
— Alan Watts
Portrait of Fred
“Fred Armisen” (2017) | Anthony Satori
One of the goals of a portrait is to capture a glimpse of the spirit within, to create an image that expresses some essential aspect of the subject’s nature.
Fred Armisen is an actor, writer, comedian and musician. He is best known for his work on Saturday Night Live and Portlandia. He is easily one of the funniest and most talented performers working today, but also, to my experience, he is one of the nicest people in the industry. Watching Armisen’s improv and character work on screen you get a feeling of genuine warmth, intelligence and humor, and these traits come across even more in person, when he is just being himself.
The Dreaming Itself
“The Dreaming Itself” | Anthony Satori
“I immediately fell into a blank thoughtless trance wherein it was again revealed to me ‘This thinking has stopped’ and I sighed because I didn’t have to think anymore and felt my whole body sink into a blessedness surely to be believed, completely relaxed and at peace with all the ephemeral world of dream and dreamer and the dreaming itself.”
— Jack Kerouac
Passionate Zen
“Passionate Zen” | Anthony Satori
Live your life fully, every day. Be in the moment. Smile, laugh, dance and dream. Slow down and take a breath. Pay attention. Soak it all in. Cherish where you are, who you love, and everything good about this moment. Don’t wait. Cherish it all now, feel it all now, love it all now. And as you go, remember to be kind to yourself and to each other. Because kindness, gratitude and love are the fuels that make the Karmic engine thrive.
Ocean Zen
“Ocean Zen” | Anthony Satori
“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.” – Thoreau
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