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“Mind is invisible nature, while nature is visible mind.” Fascinating read on how the early Romantics – a motley crew of German radicals and artists – invented the modern self themarginalian.org/2022/11/28/mag…

I have eschewed interviews over the past decade, but what a joy to converse with Brooklyn Magazine's erudite, generous, and sensitive brian braiker about the making of meaning and, oh, what it means to be alive bkmag.com/2024/03/25/mar…

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” Abiding wisdom from Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl, born on this day in 1905: themarginalian.org/2013/03/26/vik…

Red Panda fascinated by a passing frog

"Life is wasted when we make it more terrifying, precisely because it is so easy to do so." Enchantment and the courage of joy – René Magritte on the antidote to the banality of pessimism themarginalian.org/2023/05/31/ren…

M8 Lagoon Nebula by r/astrophotograpy reddit.com/r/astrophotogr…

Baby hedgehogs look pretty much different from the grown up ones. They are born a pale pink colour, and over the first few weeks of life, fur grows, and the skin gradually darkens as the brown spines come through.

Appearance of the Hermissenda opalescens A species of nudibranch 📹 Aron Sanchez-Baranda

Mantis shrimp hold the world record for the most complex visual system. They have up to 16 photoreceptors and can see UV, visible and polarised light being the only animals known to detect circularly polarised light [📹 MJ Ogata]

NGC2359 Thor's Helmet Nebula by 📷 NASA tumblr.com/humanoidhistor…

📷 Polaris, The North Star tmblr.co/ZLB4bwdDgVTV8u…

Lost myself

You spread your wings like a golden mariposa (butterfly) welcoming in the sunshine ☀️ Happy Tuesday all ☕️✨️ #nature #sunrise #April #Tuesday #Photography #NaturePhotography

The grasses of dawn and I this morning. Held the vibe throughout the day we have. Gentled beginnings lingered.

Today's lovely yellow Rose in my front yard. ☀️🌹💝

Marriage

"Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls." Kahlil Gibran's timeless wisdom on balancing intimacy and independence in love themarginalian.org/2016/09/27/kah…

Guitarist Marcin Patrzałek, plays the aria "Habanera" from "Carmen"

Seamus Heaney's Advice on Life themarginalian.org/2016/01/19/sea… via @brainpicker retired