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Virginia Woolf on Love

Virginia Woolf on Love

9 months ago 8

By Contacts We Are Saved: The Forgotten Visionary Jane Ellen Harrison on Change, the Meaning of Faith, and the Courage of Heresy

By Contacts We Are Saved: The Forgotten Visionary ...

9 months ago 8

On Looking: Poet Lia Purpura on the Art of Noticing

On Looking: Poet Lia Purpura on the Art of Noticin...

9 months ago 8

Embodiment and the (Re)invention of Emoji, from the Aztecs to Humboldt and Darwin to AI

Embodiment and the (Re)invention of Emoji, from th...

9 months ago 7

A Heron, a Red Leaf, and a Hole in a Blue Star: Poet Jane Kenyon on the Art of Letting Go

A Heron, a Red Leaf, and a Hole in a Blue Star: Po...

9 months ago 7

Undersound: The Secret Lives of Ponds and the Mysterious Musicality of the World

Undersound: The Secret Lives of Ponds and the Myst...

9 months ago 5

Decoding the Mystery of Intuition: Pioneering Philosopher of AI Margaret Boden on the Three Elements of Creativity

Decoding the Mystery of Intuition: Pioneering Phil...

9 months ago 5

Orcas and the Price of Consciousness: Lessons in Love and Loss from Earth’s Most Successful and Creative Predator

Orcas and the Price of Consciousness: Lessons in L...

9 months ago 6

Rewilding the Human Spirit in the Age of Moral Colonialism: Brian Eno on Carnival as a Model for Saving Culture

Rewilding the Human Spirit in the Age of Moral Col...

10 months ago 7

Dawn: A Watercolor Ode to the Primeval Conversation Between Our Living Planet and Its Dying Star

Dawn: A Watercolor Ode to the Primeval Conversatio...

10 months ago 7

Wonder, Play, and How to Be More Alive

Wonder, Play, and How to Be More Alive

10 months ago 7

Things Become Other Things: Walking, Forgiveness, and Belonging in the Mountains of Japan

Things Become Other Things: Walking, Forgiveness, ...

10 months ago 7

Blink Twice to Quell a Quasar: Carl Sagan on Superstition

Blink Twice to Quell a Quasar: Carl Sagan on Super...

10 months ago 7

How to Be a Happier Creature

How to Be a Happier Creature

10 months ago 7

The Paradox of Knowing Who You Are and What You Want: Cristina Campo on Fairy Tales, Time, and the Meaning of Maturity

The Paradox of Knowing Who You Are and What You Wa...

10 months ago 7

Kiss: Ellen Bass’s Stunning Ode to the Courage of Tenderness as an Antidote to Helplessness

Kiss: Ellen Bass’s Stunning Ode to the Courage of ...

10 months ago 7

Hold On Let Go: Urns for Living and the Art of Trusting Time

Hold On Let Go: Urns for Living and the Art of Tru...

10 months ago 7

A Plasticity of Being: What a Rare Bird of Prey Reveals about the Deepest Meaning of Intelligence

A Plasticity of Being: What a Rare Bird of Prey Re...

10 months ago 7