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Words on Words: 5 Timelessly Stimulating Books About Language
By Maria Popova What single Chinese men have to do with evolution and insults from Virginia Woolf. We love, love, love words and language. And what better way to celebrate them than through the writte… more →
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Words on Words: 5 Timelessly Stimulating Books About Language
wrote 1 day ago: By Maria Popova What single Chinese men have to do with evolution and insults from Virginia Woolf. W … more →
'Viktor Frankl on the Human Search for Meaning' by Maria Popova
wrote 2 days ago: “Live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wr … more →
Advice From Albert Einstein for Father's Day
wrote 2 days ago: In celebration of Father’s Day, I am posting an article from Brain Pickings. It consists of a … more →
Flapjack Friday Faves [06.14]
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wrote 4 days ago: Happy Friday. It’s looking to be a busy day, which is how my Fridays often seem to end up. A … more →
Everything
wrote 4 days ago: Literary Jukebox Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is fin … more →
Arboretum, by David Byrne (2006)
wrote 5 days ago: In 2006, Byrne released Arboretum, a collection of these thoughtful, funny, cynical, poetic, and alt … more →
Connecting the Dots: Amanda Palmer on Creativity
wrote 6 days ago: Creativity is all about connecting the dots. It is what I do every day as I write these blog posts a … more →
6.11.13 ... Darwin: Graphic biography ... amusing list of the the pros and cons of marriage ... better than a dog anyhow ...
wrote 1 week ago: Darwin, graphic biography, marriage, Brain Pickings: Darwin’s timelessly amusing list of the the pr … more →
6.9.13 ... Minimalist Infographic Biographies - Who do you recognize? ...
wrote 1 week ago: art, famous painters, graphics, minimalist infographic biographies, Brain Pickings: Some are easy, … more →
6.9.13 ... Oprah: "Max Out Your Humanity" ...
wrote 1 week ago: Oprah Winfrey, Harvard Commencement Address 2013, quotes, Brain Pickings: Love this! No matter wha … more →
Brain Pickings: Stephen Jay Gould on Why Connections Are Key to Creativity
wrote 1 week ago: I ran into the Brain Pickings website by chance about a week and a half ago, and I have been so impr … more →
Quote Collection #2
wrote 1 week ago: “To accept duality is to earn identity. And identity is something that you are constantly earn … more →
Something for the weekend #32
wrote 1 week ago: To get the whole story on this visual prompt, you need to check out Brain Pickings post The Burning … more →
Patti Smith Reads Her Poetic Tribute to Robert Mapplethorpe, Plus Her Handwritten Verses
wrote 1 week ago: “Blessedness is within us all.” “The mere addition of meter does not in itself entitle a work to the … more →
Oprah at Harvard
wrote 1 week ago: Sunwatchers’ favourite “celebrity” speaks to the class of 2013 at Harvard after re … more →
Getting the Creative Mind to Work
wrote 2 weeks ago: I ran into this article today, and it really spoke to me. It talks about doing what you do, day in a … more →
Goethe on the Psychology of Color and Emotion
wrote 2 weeks ago: By Maria Popova “Colour itself is a degree of darkness.” Color is an essential part of how we experi … more →
Dance Is Like Thought - Self Help
wrote 2 weeks ago: “Oh, how wonderful! How like the mind it is!” A stirring encounter at the pinnacle of the human spir … more →
Learning WIthout School
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