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The Best of Brain Pickings 2014

The psychology of the perfect daily routine, how to criticize with kindness, the creative purpose of boredom, Kafka on what books do for the soul, and more.

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The Difference Between the Beautiful and the Sublime, Animated

A 100-second anatomy of astonishment.

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Why “Psychological Androgyny” Is Essential for Creativity

“Creative individuals are more likely to have not only the strengths of their own gender but those of the other one, too.”

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A Lolitigation Lament: Nabokov on Censorship and Solidarity

“Could you visualize LOLITA as a little paperback being offered for sale on the newstands?”

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Dustin Hoffman on What It’s Really Like to Be a Woman

Show this to every man, woman, and child you know.

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Voltaire on How to Write Well and Stay True to Your Creative Vision

“Beware, lest in attempting the grand, you overshoot the mark and fall into the grandiose.”

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The Best Children’s Books of 2014

Intelligent and imaginative tales of love, loneliness, loyalty, loss, friendship, and everything in between.

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A Wave in the Mind: Virginia Woolf on Creativity and Consciousness

“A sight, an emotion, creates this wave in the mind, long before it makes words to fit it.”

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The 13 Best Books of 2013: The Definitive Annual Reading List of Overall Favorites

Soul-stirring, brain-expanding reads on intuition, love, grief, attention, education, and the meaning of life.

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The Art of Living: A 1924 Guide to Uncertainty, Love, and Finding Your Purpose

“Living has yet to be generally recognized as one of the arts.”

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Search results for “ursula le guin”

The psychology of the perfect daily routine, how to criticize with kindness, the creative purpose of boredom, Kafka on what books do for the soul, and more.

A 100-second anatomy of astonishment.

“Creative individuals are more likely to have not only the strengths of their own gender but those of the other one, too.”

“Could you visualize LOLITA as a little paperback being offered for sale on the newstands?”

Show this to every man, woman, and child you know.

“Beware, lest in attempting the grand, you overshoot the mark and fall into the grandiose.”

Intelligent and imaginative tales of love, loneliness, loyalty, loss, friendship, and everything in between.

“A sight, an emotion, creates this wave in the mind, long before it makes words to fit it.”

Soul-stirring, brain-expanding reads on intuition, love, grief, attention, education, and the meaning of life.

“Living has yet to be generally recognized as one of the arts.”

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