Reads from 2012

The Cats of Copenhagen: Delightful Recently Discovered Children’s Story by James Joyce

A charming, irreverent picture-book based on Joyce’s letters to his only grandson.

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Joy Williams on Why Writers Write

“A writer loves the dark, loves it, but is always fumbling around in the light.”

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The Art of “Negative Capability”: Keats on Embracing Uncertainty and Celebrating the Mysterious

On the art of remaining in doubt “without any irritable reaching after fact & reason.”

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A Visual History of New York City’s Destruction in 200 Years of Fiction

What visions of the magnificent city’s destruction reveal about American ideology and the dominant social issues of each era.

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Grapefruit: Yoko Ono’s Poems, Drawings, and Instructions for Life

“A dream you dream alone may be a dream, but a dream two people dream together is a reality.”

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Stunning Vintage Illustrations of Don Quixote by Spanish Graphic Design Pioneer Roc Riera Rojas

An expressive mid-century take on the Cervantes classic.

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Stunning Spanish Illustrations for The Communist Manifesto

The Marx and Engels classic, brought to new life in black, white, and red.

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Francis Bacon on Beauty

“That is the best part of beauty, which a picture cannot express.”

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Alan Watts on Death, in a Beautiful Animated Short Film

“Think about that for a while — it’s kind of a weird feeling when you really think about it…”

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Illusionist Derren Brown on the Psychology of Gullibility

Why trust is the antidote to cynicism and how our false mental patterns serve us.

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Reads from 2012

A charming, irreverent picture-book based on Joyce’s letters to his only grandson.

“A writer loves the dark, loves it, but is always fumbling around in the light.”

On the art of remaining in doubt “without any irritable reaching after fact & reason.”

What visions of the magnificent city’s destruction reveal about American ideology and the dominant social issues of each era.

“A dream you dream alone may be a dream, but a dream two people dream together is a reality.”

An expressive mid-century take on the Cervantes classic.

The Marx and Engels classic, brought to new life in black, white, and red.

“That is the best part of beauty, which a picture cannot express.”

“Think about that for a while — it’s kind of a weird feeling when you really think about it…”

Why trust is the antidote to cynicism and how our false mental patterns serve us.

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