Bloom Illustrates the Journey From Darkness to Light
Bloom – a touching animated short film about depression and what it takes to recover the light of being https://t.co/4QEwzPScVg
Nightingale's 1820 Insight: Nature and Art Heal
Long before modern science confirmed the neurophysiology of it, nursing founding mother Florence Nightingale, born on this day in 1820, wrote beautifully about the healing power of nature and art https://t.co/6HzrFHc0PU
Gibran’s Guide to Humanity’s Spiritual Perfection
How to be human – Kahlil Gibran's recipe for our spiritual perfection as a species https://t.co/S1aNieKGbX
Finding Life’s Meaning in Street Library Relics
Street library divinations – searching for the meaning of life in discarded books and found objects https://t.co/gfJpexPKmJ
Owls See with Sound: Strange, Wondrous Science
What it's like to be an owl – the strange and wondrous science of seeing with sound https://t.co/72zn2DgTE4
Zadie Smith Challenges Punitive Cultural Appropriation Dogma
From the inimitable Zadie Smith, a wonderful corrective for the punitive dogma of "cultural appropriation" https://t.co/fijyPYi8b7
Raise Children with Love, Not Ownership of Their Minds
"Your children are not your children... You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow" Kahlil Gibran’s timelessly excellent...
Orcas Reveal Love, Loss, and Consciousness Lessons
Orcas and the price of consciousness – lessons in love and loss from Earth's most successful and creative predator https://t.co/WbJDWa6Jez
Daily Bird Divination: A Prayer for Presence
A #birddivination for every day, a kind of prayer for presence. As always, find it as a solo print and part of the deck of 100, along with the story and process behind them, at https://t.co/xpo04XE701 https://t.co/j4IzPXycAT
Human Nature Thrives When Free: Rogers' Three Essentials
The trailblazing psychologist Carl Rogers believed, and proved with his long practice, that “the basic nature of the human being, when functioning freely, is constructive and trustworthy.” His abiding insight into the 3 elements that make this possible: https://t.co/h3t22jW7kq
Broaden Interests, Diminish Ego, Embrace Universal Life
"Make your interests gradually wider and more impersonal, until bit by bit the walls of the ego recede, and your life becomes increasingly merged in the universal life." Bertrand Russell on how to grow old and what makes a fulfilling life...
Find Courage to Hear Your Soul, Says Woolf
The courage to be yourself – Virginia Woolf on how to hear your soul https://t.co/q6EA818Aha
Follow Your Soul: Question Authority, Embrace Nature
“Love the earth and sun and the animals… re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul…” Whitman's timeless advice on living a vibrant and rewarding life: https://t.co/KhXWFrt5QR
Marianne North Turned Grief Into Groundbreaking Botanical Art
Turning loss and loneliness into wonder – how the Victorian visionary Marianne North revolutionized art and science with her botanical paintings https://t.co/n9BZVDDwbC
Sand Self‑Organizes at the Edge of Stability
"Sand organizes itself on the edge between stability and uncertainty." Beautiful essay on the science and poetry of sand by my friend Willow https://t.co/KSqqVZ749c
Embrace Uncertainty: Turn Self‑doubt Into Creative Fuel
The best advice I've ever encountered on how to deal with self-doubt and creative block https://t.co/IYvg18E71J
Henry James's Heart‑wrenching Reflection on Losing Mother
Henry James on what it's like to lose one's mother – such a stirring, poignant reflection https://t.co/NfmR5VLdJe
Learn Human Resilience From Lichen Survival Tactics
How to be a lichen – adaptive strategies for the vulnerabilities of being human from nature's tiny titans of resilience https://t.co/BJcCt1wOv7
Embroidery Imagines Alien Life in First Scientific Book
Martian gargoyles and lunar fish – Chilean artist Alejandra Acosta's wondrous embroidered illustrations for this world's first scientific book envisioning life on other worlds https://t.co/KVeQhjQ2z0
Tracy K. Smith: Poetry as Spell Against Fear
A spell against fear – Tracy K. Smith on poetry and the art of productive impatience https://t.co/XRUBrKWHkU
From Suffering to Self‑Creation: The Miracle of Renewal
"The miracle is that we rise again out of suffering... The miracle is that we create ourselves anew." Such a wonderful, wonderful read: https://t.co/jGaZ49cEGM
Sometimes Helping Means Letting a Friend Feel Pain
The radical act of letting things hurt – how (not) to help a friend in sorrow https://t.co/fUkbvUKr60
Gary Snyder's Wisdom: Unbreaking the World on His Birthday
Gary Snyder – one of the great spirits of the past century, born on this day in 1930 – on how to unbreak the world https://t.co/K7I8kW7LYn
Beethoven's Deaf Debut of “Ode to Joy” Triumphs
"Ode to Joy" premiered 202 years ago today. Beethoven, conducting deaf and with eyes closed, his back to the audience, didn't hear the roaring applause until the 19-year-old contralto placed her hands on his shoulders and turned him around....
Hummingbirds Defy Physics: The Science Behind Their Hover
Between science and magic – how hummingbirds hover at the edge of the possible https://t.co/8YHI3TgsBb
Embrace Openness and Trust Uncertainty for Humanity
"To be a good human being is to have a kind of openness to the world, an ability to trust uncertain things beyond your own control." Philosopher Martha Nussbaum, who turns 79 today, on how to live with our human...
Beauvoir Explores Soulful Connection in Friendship and Love
At the link, Simone de Beauvoir on how two souls can interact with one another in friendship and love: https://t.co/6qdLNcMzyu https://t.co/NCaqLxHlns
Kierkegaard's Birthday Insight: Transform Anxiety Into Creative Power
Kierkegaard, born on this day in 1813, on how to channel anxiety into creativity https://t.co/gjzE4MgfuW
Celebrating 99 Years of “To the Lighthouse” Timeless Beauty
To the Lighthouse – one of the most beautiful and unexampled works of art of all time – was published 99 years ago today. It includes this breathtaking passage about finding beauty in the uncertainty of time, space, and being...
Farm Labor Fueled Sylvia Plath’s Poetic Voice
Sylvia Plath's first job – how the beloved poet's experience as a farm worker shaped her writing https://t.co/tnsFBltfn3
Embrace Wu‑Wei: Freedom Through Not Trying
Trying Not to Try – finding freedom from striving in the ancient Chinese concept of wu-wei https://t.co/vgylSc4DuI
Storytelling Empowers Survival Through History’s Uncertain Paths
“There is no one way to anything.” Chinua Achebe on how storytelling helps us survive history's rough patches https://t.co/9xK1wKqwFh
Le Guin Explores Time, Loyalty, and Self‑Responsibility
Ursula K. Le Guin on time, the measure of loyalty, and what responsibility for yourself really means https://t.co/xmBcfrul9d
Jung: Suffering Fuels Creative Divine Potential
The pain in you and the god in you – Carl Jung on the relationship between psychological suffering and creativity https://t.co/mKU05A3jQJ
Mushrooms Hear Music: Science Reveals Nature's Listening
Nature is always listening – the wondrous science of how mushrooms respond to music https://t.co/fknYN7hVh3
True Trust Sees the Bigger Pattern, Not Mere Hope
"Hope and trust must not be confused... He who blindly, obstinately repeats “let us hope” does not trust; he is really only hoping for a lucky break in the momentarily propitious game governed by the law of necessity. Those who...
Art and Storytelling Reveal Our Identity and Desires
“One of the functions of art is to give people the words to know their own experience… Storytelling is a tool for knowing who we are and what we want.” A gorgeous conversation with Ursula K. Le Guin: https://t.co/X6a6zUFt5O
Invented Words Reveal Unnamed Emotions in Life
In a lifetime of reading, few books have charmed and moved me more than The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows – uncommonly lovely invented words for what we feel but cannot name, such as maru mori (“the heartbreaking simplicity of ordinary...
Visual Learner Recommends 5 Must‑Listen Audible Books
As a visual animal struggling to give the auditory channel the same unalloyed attention that the optic nerve conducts to the brain, I have had an ambivalent relationship with audiobooks over the years. Still, here are 5 @audible books I...
Fairy Tales, Robin Rescue, Poem Celebrate Tenacious Hope
At the link, this week's oasis of small sanities in one place – how fairy tales reveal the difference between hope and trust, the story of the black robin and the power of tenacious tenderness, and a poem about the...
Resist Algorithm Tyranny with Marginalian’s Ad‑free, Human Newsletter
For an act of resistance to the tyranny of algorithms, try the Marginalian newsletter—undistracted notes on the search for meaning, free, ad-free, AI-free, fully human for 20 years this year: https://t.co/8ApDA5YPF6
Befriend Your Wanting Monster, Find the Still Point of Enough
The Wanting Monster is in me, and it is in you. The question is, how do we befriend it? A tender modern fable about resting at the still point of enough: https://t.co/Uor76RbjGD
A Tender Parable on Love's True Measure
The Little Leaf That Wouldn't Fall – a tender illustrated parable about the meaning and measure of love https://t.co/Uz9JsUOLQn
Three Simple Antidotes to Suffering, Says George Saunders
George Saunders on the 3 antidotes to your suffering and how to be an instrument of kindness in a harsh world https://t.co/DUCgC3JHbu
Six Willpower Pitfalls Blocking Talented Greatness, Says Cajal
Diseases of the Will – neuroscience founding father Santiago Ramón y Cajal, born on this day in 1852, on the 6 character pitfalls that keep the talented from reaching greatness https://t.co/Aqq22dht6E
Chesterton Finds Life’s Meaning in a Dandelion
The dandelion and the meaning of life – G.K. Chesterton's wonderful, wonder-full meditation on wonder https://t.co/ZxnF3tt3Zq
Poetry as a Spell Against Fear and Impatience
A spell against fear – former U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith on the power of poetry and the art of productive impatience https://t.co/XRUBrKWHkU
Annie Dillard Reminds Us: Live with Humble Curiosity
What a weasel knows that we forget – on Annie Dillard's birthday, her timeless meditation on how to live https://t.co/VdWkPnKvdy
Beyond Labels: The Soul Lies Deeper Than Opinions
We seem to have forgotten that identities and opinions are the least interesting parts of people — ripples on the surface of the ocean of the soul, shimmering but shallow, pervious to every windsweep, irrelevant to the depths. Here is...
Hope Vs. Trust: Turning the Impossible Into Possible
How to make the impossible possible – beloved Italian storyteller Cristina Campo, born 103 years ago today, on the crucial difference between hope and trust https://t.co/rg0MiupH7N