Search results for “giving and receiving”
Studs Terkel on the Dignity of Work, Why We Do What We Do, and the Extraordinary Dreams of Ordinary People
A humbling oral history of our search for meaning, mattering, and a sense of worth.
Iris Murdoch on the Fluidity of Gender and Sexuality: Her Intensely Beautiful Love Letters to Brigid Brophy
“It’s snowing (big flakes) and I love you.”
The Art of Not-Having-to-Ask, from Buddhist Monks to Amanda Palmer by Way of Thoreau
How to unlearn everything our transactionalist culture has taught us about “the market” and relearn our natural open-handed generosity.
To Paint Is to Love Again: Henry Miller on Art and Why Good Friends Are Essential for Creative Work
“What sustains the artist is the look of love in the eyes of the beholder. Not money, not the right connections, not exhibitions, not flattering reviews.”
How We Become Who We Are: Meghan Daum on Nostalgia, Aging, and Why We Romanticize Our Imperfect Younger Selves
“Life is mostly an exercise in being something other than what we used to be while remaining fundamentally—and sometimes maddeningly—who we are.”
Charles Darwin’s Touching Letter of Appreciation to His Best Friend and Greatest Champion
“You are the one living soul from whom I have constantly received sympathy… I never forget for even a minute how much assistance I have received from you.”
A Cultural History of Santa: Margaret Mead’s Fictional Interview with the Jolly Gift-Giver Celebrating Generosity and the Universal Spirit of Giving
“Giving is itself a kind of thank offering.”
I Work Like a Gardener: Joan Miró on Art, Motionless Movement, and the Proper Pace of Creative Labor
“Art can die; what matters is that it should have sown seeds on the earth… It must give birth to a world.”
Why We Lost Leisure: David Steindl-Rast on Purposeful Work, Play, and How to Find Meaning in the Magnificent Superfluities of Life
“A piece of music doesn’t come to an end when its purpose is accomplished. It has no purpose, strictly speaking. It is the playful unfolding of meaning.”
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