Reads tagged with “interviews”
Broadcasters of the Self: Ian McEwan on Our Age of Identity and How the Politics of Modern Selfhood Imperils the Art of Listening
“When you make the self the outer limit of your politics, you then begin to ignore a great deal of the attitudes, situations, dilemmas, misery of others.”
Alain de Botton on Love, Vulnerability, and the Psychological Paradox of the Sulk
“If we are not regularly deeply embarrassed by who we are, the journey to self-knowledge hasn’t begun.”
Pioneering Astronomer Vera Rubin on Women in Science, Dark Matter, and Our Never-Ending Quest to Know the Universe
“We’re still groping for the truth… Science consists of continually making better and better what has been usable in the past.”
‘Humans of New York’ Founder Brandon Stanton on Serial Obsessions, How to Build a Sensibility, the Dignity-Conferring Power of Listening, and the Value of Time
“The most valuable resource you have is what you do with your time.”
Trailblazing Astronomer Vera Rubin on Obsessiveness, Minimizing Obstacles, and How the Thrill of Accidental Discovery Redeems the Terror of Uncertainty
Why all creative endeavor is a matter of “getting hung up on little interesting things.”
Wave: A Most Unusual Coloring Book by English Artist Shantell Martin, Inspired by Life in Japan
An illustrated ode to the art of affectionate surrender to the ebb and flow of existence.
Urbanism Patron Saint Jane Jacobs on Our Civic Duty in Cultivating Cities That Foster a Creative Life
“People ought to pay more attention to their instincts.”
Amanda Palmer on Art, Love, Loneliness, Motherhood, Vulnerability, Trust, and Our Lifelong Quest to Feel Real
“Maybe we’ve constructed culture in a way that people are not feeling recognized, loved, accepted, happy with their place in society.”
Poet Sarah Kay on How We Measure Creative Success, Being a Working Artist in Today’s World, and the Only Antidote to Our Endemic Fear of Missing Out
…and a wonderful fable about the three different ways of relating to one’s work, each essential for the whole of art.
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