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Reads tagged with “Paul Holdengräber”

How William Gibson Coined “Cyberspace”
How William Gibson Coined “Cyberspace”

The moment when fragments of reality were “mushed together” to describe a new realm.

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The Poetics of the Psyche: Adam Phillips on Why Psychoanalysis Is Like Literature and How Art Soothes the Soul
The Poetics of the Psyche: Adam Phillips on Why Psychoanalysis Is Like Literature and How Art Soothes the Soul

“Everybody is dealing with how much of their own aliveness they can bear and how much they need to anesthetize themselves.”

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Moleskine Celebrates 100 Years of Swann’s Way: Illustrated Portraits of Ira Glass, Rick Moody, and Others Reading Proust
Moleskine Celebrates 100 Years of Swann’s Way: Illustrated Portraits of Ira Glass, Rick Moody, and Others Reading Proust

In search of lost time in pen and ink.

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Malcolm Gladwell on Criticism, Tolerance, and Changing Your Mind
Malcolm Gladwell on Criticism, Tolerance, and Changing Your Mind

“That’s your responsibility as a person, as a human being — to constantly be updating your positions on as many things as possible. And if you don’t contradict yourself on a regular basis, then you’re not thinking.”

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David Lynch on Where Ideas Come From and the Fragmentary Nature of Creativity
David Lynch on Where Ideas Come From and the Fragmentary Nature of Creativity

How to throw bait in the river of ideation.

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The 7-Word Autobiographies of Famous Writers, Artists, Musicians, and Philosophers
The 7-Word Autobiographies of Famous Writers, Artists, Musicians, and Philosophers

John Irving, Joan Didion, David Byrne, Rem Koolhaas, Madeleine Albright, Malcolm Gladwell, Daniel Dennett, Andrew Sullivan, Ed Ruscha, Brian Eno, and more.

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