Search results for “Grief”
To a Wreath of Snow: Patti Smith Reads Emily Brontë
In praise of the “voiceless, soulless messenger” that comforts and sustains.
Favorite Books of 2022
From Rumi to Blake to Nick Cave, by way of trees, hummingbirds, grief, and music.
Nick Cave on Music, Mystery, and the Relationship Between Vulnerability and Freedom
“There is more going on than we can see or understand, and we need to find a way to lean into the mystery of things…. and recognise the evident value in doing that, and summon the courage it requires to not always shrink back into the known mind.”
Nick Cave on Creative Work as an Instrument of Self-Forgiveness and the Necessity of Hope in a Fragile World
In praise of “the necessary and urgent need to love life and one another, despite the casual cruelty of the world.”
The Banquet of Life: Some of the Finest Advice on Growing Old, Growing Young, and Becoming Your Fullest Self
“People ask: ‘Would you or would you not like to be young again?’ Of course, it is really one of those foolish questions that never should be asked, because they are impossible… You cannot unroll that snowball which is you: there is no ‘you’ except your life — lived.”
Music and the Price of What We Cherish: Margaret Atwood on the Bonds and Obligations of Creative Gifts
“Gifts transform the soul in ways that simple commodities cannot.”
Twenty Days with Julian and Little Bunny by Papa: Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Almost Unbearably Sweet Account of Sole-Parenting His Small Son
“Mercy on me, was ever man before so be-pelted with a child’s talk as I am! It is his desire of sympathy that lies at the bottom of the great heap of his babblement.”
Women Holding Things: Artist Maira Kalman’s Tender and Quirky Ode to the Weight of the World and the Barely Bearable Lightness of Being
“There can never be enough time. And you can never hold on to it.”
The Dark Wood of the Golden Birds: “Goodnight Moon” Author Margaret Wise Brown’s Little-Known Philosophical Children’s Book About Love and Loss
“There had never been such a quiet day before. It was the quietest day in the world.”
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