Reviving Imagination: Reading in an Age of Distraction
Rehabilitating the active imagination – Samantha Harvey on how to be a reader in the age of fractured attention https://t.co/Vg5Dviv3rI
Warblers Inspire Scientist’s Meditative Wonder of Existence
The warblers and the wonder of being – a scientist's absolutely gorgeous meditation on contacting the miraculous https://t.co/vaf6g6v4Aj
Finding What to Want Is Life’s Greatest Challenge
The hardest thing in life isn't getting what you want but knowing what to want. Fantastic read on the challenge of it and the courage to change your mind: https://t.co/rS0x9ZvPSA
Ursula K. Le Guin’s Guide to Embracing Change
How to live fully – Ursula K. Le Guin's remedy for our resistance to change https://t.co/YSyGurmRde
Seeing Seeds as Time's Weapon Against War
"Can you plant a garden to stop a war? It depends how you think about time. It depends what you think a seed does, if it’s tossed into fertile soil." This is wonderful: https://t.co/skrIjmxpZh
Embrace Mistakes: Generative Errors Fuel Creative Growth
In praise of being wrong – fantastic read on the value of generative mistakes from one of my all-time favorite writers https://t.co/LULYWlJLjb
Mina Hubbard: Pioneering Explorer Mapping Labrador’s Untamed Frontier
“So wild and grand and mysterious,” Mina Hubbard, born on this day in 1870, wrote in her journal, looking out at Labrador from beneath her narrow-brimmed felt hat, feeling the weight of her belted revolver, hunting knife, and compass...
Questioning Knowledge: Trust, Test, and Self‑Verification
How do you know what you know, and how do you trust and test that you know it? Here is a fascinating thought experiment: https://t.co/XoevKbDR2Y
Steinbeck’s Daily Diary Disciplined His Pulitzer Masterpiece
"Just set one day’s work in front of the last day’s work. That’s the way it comes out. And that’s the only way it does." The Grapes of Wrath was published on this day in 1939, earning Steinbeck a Pulitzer and...
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring Sparked Modern Environmental Movement
Remembering Rachel Carson, who returned her borrowed stardust on this day in 1964, with the story behind her epochal book "Silent Spring," which catalyzed the modern environmental movement https://t.co/DRwh8xuzi8
How We Release Consciousness Shapes Reality and Morality
"The choice we make of how we dispose our consciousness is the ultimate creative act: it renders the world what it is. It is, therefore, a moral act: it has consequences." Superb read: https://t.co/4ta2eRQ0ez
Sol LeWitt’s Timeless Advice Conquers Creative Self-Doubt
From artist Sol Lewitt, born on this day in 1965, possibly the best advice on overcoming self-doubt and creative block ever committed to words https://t.co/IYvg18E71J
Write Sincerely, and Others Will Listen, Carson Reminds
"If you write what you yourself sincerely think and feel and are interested in... you will interest other people." Rachel Carson died on this day in 1964, far too young, having sparked the modern environmental movement with her book Silent Spring....
De Beauvoir’s Wisdom: Aging Gracefully, Avoiding Life’s Parody
How to keep life from becoming a parody of itself – Simone de Beauvoir, who left us 40 years ago today, on the art of growing older: https://t.co/ntJfvdiFci
Hiccups' Evolutionary Roots Offer Heartbreak Recovery Tips
How to get over someone – help for heartbreak from the evolutionary history of hiccups https://t.co/ycs0nxIc74
Hitchens Reveals Animal Farm's Overlooked Animal Rights Message
Christopher Hitchens, who would have been 77 today, on animal rights and the lesser appreciated message of Orwell's "Animal Farm" https://t.co/5YuexWpV2r
Stop Waiting, Start Living: Henry James' Timeless Advice
How to stop waiting and start living – a jolt from Henry James, born on this day in 1843 https://t.co/TRt5UQ8Sqr
Cosmic Indifference: “Why Me?” Becomes “Why Not?”
“To the dumb question ‘Why me?’ the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply: Why not?” The irreplaceable Christopher Hitchens, who would have been 77 today, on mortality https://t.co/1G9kWe3XUm
Clarity and Pure Love Require Knowing Ourselves, Murdoch Says
How to see more clearly and love more purely – Iris Murdoch on the angst of not knowing ourselves and each other https://t.co/bZ71kyyvOl
Social Connections Shape Immune Health Under Stress
Stress and the social self – the fascinating science of how relationships affect our immune system https://t.co/WD4JqfGF3U
Flowers Reveal Life’s Meaning Across Dickinson, Pollan, Little Prince
The flower and the meaning of life: Emily Dickinson, Michael Pollan, and The Little Prince (which was published 83 springs ago this week) https://t.co/ByxFHpHxeD
Art Transcends Words, Expressing Our Unnameable Feelings
We need flowers for the same reason we need poems, or paintings, or songs—because what we can feel will always be vaster and more complex than what we can name, because words will always break under the weight of the...
Szymborska: Fear Essential for Meaningful Fairy Tales
The importance of being scared – Polish Nobel laureate Wisława Szymborska on fairy tales and the necessity of fear https://t.co/N7BfWwL8Bt
Space Isolation Overcome: Lessons From Polar Pioneers
An astronaut's antidote to despair (with help from early polar explorers, the astronauts of the prior century) https://t.co/ag0U9xOxOx
Hope Inspires, Trust Delivers: Campo’s Key Distinction
How to make the impossible possible – Cristina Campo on the crucial difference between hope and trust https://t.co/rg0MiupH7N
Steinbeck Reveals Hope’s True Purpose Amid Consciousness
The tragic miracle of consciousness – John Steinbeck on the true meaning and purpose of hope https://t.co/80fH6KlRuD
Resilience, Burnout Relief, and the Cost of Being Used
At the link, the best of The Marginalian this week in a single place – how to be a tree: notes on the resilience of letting go; Brian Eno's remedy for burnout and despair; and a meditation on being used:...
Margaret Wise Brown’s Hidden Love Poems Reveal Tragic Romance
The eternal lyric of love and loss – "Goodnight Moon" author Margaret Wise Brown's little-known poems for the tragic love of her life https://t.co/B6K0qHlWMa
Beethoven's Ode to Joy: Triumph Over Trials
Trial, triumph, and the art of the possible – the remarkable story behind Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" https://t.co/lCVNYjulkw
Kafka’s Letter Reveals Truths for Narcissistic‑Parent Survivors
For everyone who has survived a narcissistic parent, Kafka's extraordinary letter to his father https://t.co/HGSTQMTo46
Aging as Creative Balance: Hold, Release, Thrive
The continuous creative act of holding on and letting go – 10 beautiful minds on the arts of growing older https://t.co/a7j0jwk1r8
Six Principles for Selfless Listening From Erich Fromm
6 rules of listening and unselfish understanding from the great humanistic philosopher and psychologist Erich Fromm https://t.co/72n1LPPUNl
Transcend Limiting Beliefs, Embrace What You Truly Deserve
The Truelove – David Whyte's moving meditation on transcending your limiting beliefs about what you deserve https://t.co/nZclZSmFu0
Happiness Is Growing Peacefully Within Yourself
"What is happiness but growth in peace." May Sarton's revelation of a poem about being at home in yourself https://t.co/G9xUIOPSmh
Stendhal Predicted Modern Love's Seven Psychological Stages
Two centuries ago, before the birth of psychology as we know it, Stendhal wrote with uncommon insight about the 7 psychological stages of falling in and out of love https://t.co/ifoZvG5ynE
Reignite Wonder: Healing Burnout and Existential Void
How to grow reenchanted with the world – a salve for the sense of existential meaninglessness and burnout https://t.co/MqPawlj256
Fernando Pessoa Links Sleep to Life’s Existential Meaning
Sleep and the meaning of life – Fernando Pessoa on the existential dimension of the horizontal hours https://t.co/frZXCsLuPl
Accept Life’s Gifts and Losses, Say Yes
"People can’t, unhappily, invent their mooring posts, their lovers and their friends, anymore than they can invent their parents. Life gives these and also takes them away and the great difficulty is to say Yes to life." Baldwin on love, the...
Margaret Fuller Reveals Path to Oneness with the All
Unselfing into oneness with "the All" – the forgotten visionary Margaret Fuller on transcendence https://t.co/ZPkjr4d4Wx
Music, Zen, and Cage: Blueprint for Good Living
“Good music can act as a guide to good living.” Gorgeous read on the inner life of the creative spirit lensed through Zen Buddhism and the life of John Cage https://t.co/GknNVx2rF8
Billie Holiday’s Birth Celebrated in Illustrated Tale
Mister and Lady Day – the charming illustrated story of Billie Holiday, born on this day in 1915, and the dog who loved her https://t.co/ImETu60BYq
Winnicott's Legacy: Healthy Minds, Healthy Relationships
The visionary Winnicott, born 130 years ago today, on the qualities of a healthy mind and a healthy relationship https://t.co/5plPXhLxJg
Burnout Can Bless You: Samin Nosrat’s Simple Life Recipe
The blessing of burnout – chef Samin Nosrat's simple recipe for the good life https://t.co/Ch5s4YLADU
Resist Algorithmic Tyranny with the Human‑Centric Marginalian 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 since 2006, made of feeling and time: https://t.co/8ApDA5YPF6
Discard the Surface Self with Underhill’s Timeless Guide
How to shed the surface self – the forgotten visionary Evelyn Underhill's century-old field guide to touching the depths of being https://t.co/C5ea57rwsN
Diane Ackerman Explores Intimacy Within the Infinite
A Cosmic Pastoral – poet Diane Ackerman on the intimate in the infinite and the responsibility of rapture https://t.co/evvyU595DA
Find Peace by Uncovering the Soul Beneath Self
Hermann Hesse on discovering the soul beneath the self and the key to finding peace https://t.co/MHf65dkISe
Rumi’s Remedy: Choose Love Over Indifference
The art of choosing love over not-love – on Rumi's immortal antidote to our human tragedy https://t.co/yXGVYxGBdE
Breakups Trigger Limbic System: The Physiology of Abandonment
For anyone who has ever been left: Relationship rupture and the limbic system – the physiology beneath the psychology of abandonment and separation https://t.co/3OLeHB39Jv
Gibran's Heartfelt Plea to Soldiers in Futile War
Sentinels of the soul – Kahlil Gibran's moving letter to a soldier in a senseless war https://t.co/mYmRdtIqX3