Reads tagged with “books”

Leonard Bernstein on the Motive Force of Creativity

A journey to the heart of “the mindless, useless, glorious pursuit of artistic truth.”

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Alice in Wonderland Illustrated by Ralph Steadman: A 1973 Gem

Down the rabbit hole of creative magic, one truly mad hatter at a time.

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The History of Philosophy, in Superhero Comics

Roof-jumping with Kierkegaard, archaeological adventures with Foucault, wayfinding in the woods with William James, and more.

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How to Live: Lessons from Montaigne

Don’t worry about death, pay attention, read a lot, give up control, embrace imperfection.

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An Antidote to the Age of Anxiety: Alan Watts on Happiness and How to Live with Presence

Wisdom on overcoming the greatest human frustration from the pioneer of Eastern philosophy in the West.

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19th-Century German Philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer Presages the Economics and Ethics of the Web and Modern Publishing

A 19th-century critique of the moral failures of linkbait, cat slideshows, and needless pagination.

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Reinventing the Wheel: A Design History of the Circle as a Visual Metaphor for Information

How nature’s perfect shape came to contain the imperfections of the human condition.

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The Culture and Costs of Anxiety

“Few people today would dispute that chronic stress is a hallmark of our times or that anxiety has become a kind of cultural condition of modernity.”

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French Artist Benjamin Lacombe’s Haunting Illustrations for Poe’s Tales of the Macabre

“Either the memory of past bliss is the anguish of to-day, or the agonies which are, have their origin in the ecstasies which might have been.”

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J.R.R. Tolkien’s Little-Known, Gorgeous Art

An important side of the beloved writer, who was as much an artist of pictures as he was of words.

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Reads tagged with “books”

A journey to the heart of “the mindless, useless, glorious pursuit of artistic truth.”

Down the rabbit hole of creative magic, one truly mad hatter at a time.

Roof-jumping with Kierkegaard, archaeological adventures with Foucault, wayfinding in the woods with William James, and more.

Don’t worry about death, pay attention, read a lot, give up control, embrace imperfection.

Wisdom on overcoming the greatest human frustration from the pioneer of Eastern philosophy in the West.

A 19th-century critique of the moral failures of linkbait, cat slideshows, and needless pagination.

How nature’s perfect shape came to contain the imperfections of the human condition.

“Few people today would dispute that chronic stress is a hallmark of our times or that anxiety has become a kind of cultural condition of modernity.”

“Either the memory of past bliss is the anguish of to-day, or the agonies which are, have their origin in the ecstasies which might have been.”

An important side of the beloved writer, who was as much an artist of pictures as he was of words.

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