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This Is Not a Picture Book: An Irreverent Illustrated Ode to Why We Read
This Is Not a Picture Book: An Irreverent Illustrated Ode to Why We Read

Charming cartography for the emotional voyages on which books take us.

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The Psychology of Time and How the Interplay of Spontaneity and Self-Control Mediates Our Capacity for Presence
The Psychology of Time and How the Interplay of Spontaneity and Self-Control Mediates Our Capacity for Presence

“Consciousness is tied to corporeality and temporality: I experience myself as existing with a body over time.”

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Civil Rights Legend Rosa Parks on the Meaning of Life
Civil Rights Legend Rosa Parks on the Meaning of Life

“We are here on earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.”

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John Cage on Human Nature, Constructive Anarchy, and How Silence Helps Us Amplify Each Other’s Goodness
John Cage on Human Nature, Constructive Anarchy, and How Silence Helps Us Amplify Each Other’s Goodness

“It is essential that we be convinced of the goodness of human nature, and we must act as though people are good.”

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Art and the Mind’s Eye: How Drawing Trains You to See the World More Clearly and to Live with a Deeper Sense of Presence
Art and the Mind’s Eye: How Drawing Trains You to See the World More Clearly and to Live with a Deeper Sense of Presence

A passionate case for learning “to search into the cause of beauty, and penetrate the minutest parts of loveliness.”

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John Cage’s Symphonic Love Letters to the Love of His Life
John Cage’s Symphonic Love Letters to the Love of His Life

“i would like to measure my breath in relation to the air between us.”

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James Baldwin on the Revelation That Taught Him How to Truly See
James Baldwin on the Revelation That Taught Him How to Truly See

“He taught me how to see, and how to trust what I saw.”

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9 Learnings from 9 Years of Brain Pickings
9 Learnings from 9 Years of Brain Pickings

Reflections on the rewards of seeking out what magnifies your spirit.

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The Amoebae and the Secret of Love: Nikki Giovanni’s Poetic Meditation on the Human Condition
The Amoebae and the Secret of Love: Nikki Giovanni’s Poetic Meditation on the Human Condition

“We live in a world requiring light and Darkness … partnership and solitude … sameness and difference…”

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The Best LGBT Children’s Books: A Sweet and Assuring Celebration of Diversity and Difference
The Best LGBT Children’s Books: A Sweet and Assuring Celebration of Diversity and Difference

From Maurice Sendak to the real-life story of a gay penguin family, by way of grandmothers and kings.

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