Wabi-Sabi – an unusual children's book based on the Japanese philosophy of finding beauty in imperfection and consolation in impermanence brainpickings.org/2010/11/11/wab…

it's unconscionable that this wasn't featured in the new Star Wars trilogy at any point

Against Self-Criticism – fascinating read on how our internal critics enslave us and how to break free of the Stockholm syndrome of the superego brainpickings.org/2016/05/23/aga…

Keats died 199 years ago today and left us, besides some of the most timeless poetry our civilization has produced, his remedy for depression and the mightiest antidote to a heavy heart: brainpickings.org/2019/06/13/kea…

Walt Whitman reverenced Anne Gilchrist, born on this day in 1828, as the most remarkable woman he ever knew, "entirely herself; as simple as nature; true, honest; beautiful as a tree is tall, leafy, rich, full, free.” Her wisdom on inner wholeness: brainpickings.org/2020/02/12/ann…

For anyone who has ever suffered with depression, a lovely animated short film about how the warm rays of hope and healing can enter that dark inner chamber of leaden loneliness through the unexpected cracks of kindness brainpickings.org/2020/02/27/blo…

"As long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman, the contagion may spread and the scene is not desolate." The other contagion, the one that saves us – E.B. White, writing half a century ago to a man who had lost faith: brainpickings.org/2014/05/06/e-b…

“Fantasy and feeling lie deeper than words… and both demand a more profound, more biological expression, the primitive expression of music.” On Bach's birthday, Maurice Sendak on the power of music and how it illuminates the key to great storytelling: brainpickings.org/2019/10/17/the…

“Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now.” Kerouac on kindness and the self illusion brainpickings.org/2014/03/12/jac…

OY! I'm hosting a reading series of James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl to raise money for @partnersinhealth, a global health non-profit fighting COVID-19. I'm also joined by a few mates along the way. Go to youtube.com/roalddahl for the 1st two episodes. #taikaandfriends

Horse enjoying with classical music Via//youtu.be/GqRammbyk4M

“We are never finished with grief. It is part of the fabric of living,” V. S. Naipaul writes. “Love makes memories and life precious; the grief that comes to us is proportionate to that love and is inescapable.” nyer.cm/DiQHk8W

“You are born alone. You die alone. The value of the space in between is trust and love.” How solitude enriches creative work – a page from the diary of the visionary Louise Bourgeois: brainpickings.org/2016/04/15/lou…

"Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."

Good people do things for other people - that’s it, the end. ❤️ x.com/MichaelWarbur1…

#ValentinesDay with Charlie Brown and the Peanuts in this vintage sweetness from 1965 themarginalian.org/2012/03/30/lov…

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