Search results for “big magic”
Perseverance, Self-Transcendence, and the “Slow Churn” of Creativity: A Conversation with Artist Rachel Sussman
How deep time puts our fleeting human lives in perspective, what it takes to persist, and why any meaningful creative endeavor requires sacrifice.
Mary Oliver on the Mystery of the Human Psyche, the Secret of Great Poetry, and How Rhythm Makes Us Come Alive
“Rhythm is one of the most powerful of pleasures, and when we feel a pleasurable rhythm we hope it will continue. When it does, it grows sweeter.”
Why Look at Animals: John Berger on What Our Relationship with Our Fellow Beings Reveals About Us
“[Animals] are the objects of our ever-extending knowledge.”
An Illustrated Field Guide to Mythic Monsters, from Gremlins to Zombies to the Kraken
A vibrant dance across the global spectrum of the popular imagination.
Vladimir Nabokov on Writing, Reading, and the Three Qualities a Great Storyteller Must Have
“Between the wolf in the tall grass and the wolf in the tall story there is a shimmering go-between. That go-between, that prism, is the art of literature.”
Trying Not to Try: How to Cultivate the Paradoxical Art of Spontaneity Through the Chinese Concept of Wu-Wei
“Our modern conception of human excellence is too often impoverished, cold, and bloodless. Success does not always come from thinking more rigorously or striving harder.”
Donald Barthelme on the Art of Not-Knowing and the Essential Not-Knowing of Art
“Our devouring commercial culture… results in a double impoverishment: theft of complexity from the reader, theft of the reader from the writer.”
33 Books on How to Live: My Reading List for the Long Now Foundation’s Manual for Civilization
Books that help us make sense of ourselves, our world, and our place in it.
Advice from Artists on How to Overcome Creative Block, Handle Criticism, and Nurture Your Sense of Self-Worth
Mastering the balance of restriction and imaginative play, or why unbridling your self-worth from your professional success is essential for happiness.
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