Search results for “the creative spark”
The Mirror and the Meme: A 600-Year History of the Selfie
How glass, tin, and mercury converged on a Venetian island in the 15th century to fundamentally change the way we look at ourselves.
The History Manifesto: How to Eradicate the Epidemic of Short-Termism and Harness Our Past in Creating a Flourishing Future
A beautiful case for why our flourishing requires that we move from pursuing value to cultivating values.
Greil Marcus on What the History of Rock ‘n’ Roll Teaches Us about Innovation and the Art of Self-Reinvention
How to continually experience “the satisfaction that only art, only the act of putting something new into the world, can bring.”
100 Ideas That Changed the Web
From the mouse to the GIF, by way of the long tail and technology’s forgotten female pioneers.
Charity and Sylvia: The Remarkable Story of How Two Women Married Each Other in Early America
“For 40 years… they have shared each other’s occupations and pleasures and works of charity while in health, and watched over each other tenderly in sickness.”
The Hummingbird Effect: How Galileo Invented Timekeeping and Forever Changed Modern Life
How the invisible hand of the clock powered the Industrial Revolution and sparked the Information Age.
Hannah Arendt on Memory, the Elasticity of Time, and What Free Will Really Means
“Before we raise such questions as What is happiness, what is justice, what is knowledge, and so on, we must have seen happy and unhappy people, witnessed just and unjust deeds, experienced the desire to know and its fulfillment or frustration.”
Georgia O’Keeffe on Art, Life, and Setting Priorities
“Anyone with any degree of mental toughness ought to be able to exist without the things they like most for a few months at least.”
How We Think: John Dewey on the Art of Reflection and Fruitful Curiosity in an Age of Instant Opinions and Information Overload
“To maintain the state of doubt and to carry on systematic and protracted inquiry — these are the essentials of thinking.”
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