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"It is said that the forest has a certain limit if you look straight ahead, but

"It is said that the forest has a certain limit if you look straight ahead, but the sides are boundless." A stunning illustrated celebration of the wilderness and the human role in nature not as conqueror but as silent witness https://t.co/HAACE8VNQe

"It’s a mercy that time runs in one direction only, that we see the past but dar

"It’s a mercy that time runs in one direction only, that we see the past but darkly and the future not at all." Life, loss, and the wisdom of rivers: https://t.co/48L6WJrlJW

A Life of One's Own – a brilliant young woman's forgotten field guide, written u

A Life of One's Own – a brilliant young woman's forgotten field guide, written under a pseudonym, to the art of knowing what you really want https://t.co/0bAyJ2trzx

The Tree and the River – a wordless love letter to how nature always wins https:

The Tree and the River – a wordless love letter to how nature always wins https://t.co/hlG010GgVm

On this day in 1948, Eva Perón, only 29 and not knowing she was already dying, p

On this day in 1948, Eva Perón, only 29 and not knowing she was already dying, presented to the president (who was also her husband) her revolutionary (and rather poetic) decalogue for the dignity of growing old, pioneering constitutional rights for the elderly https://t.co/bsBpQTVNPr

How to be a tree – notes on the resilience of letting go https://t.co/lMZTJkGf6A

How to be a tree – notes on the resilience of letting go https://t.co/lMZTJkGf6A

How to be reborn each day https://t.co/G2LexdnCHI

How to be reborn each day https://t.co/G2LexdnCHI

For an act of resistance to the tyranny of algorithms, try the Marginalian newsl

For an act of resistance to the tyranny of algorithms, try the Marginalian newsletter — undistracted notes on the search for meaning through art, science, philosophy, poetry, and various other tendrils of wonder. For 20 years, it has remained a one-woman labor of love — free, ad-free, AI-free, and fully human: https://t.co/kJdb2Rs2sV

Virginia Woolf on truth, fact, and how we come to know reality: https://t.co/Pzp

Virginia Woolf on truth, fact, and how we come to know reality: https://t.co/PzpXpzcuN6

"Solitude is not chosen, any more than destiny is chosen. Solitude comes to us i

"Solitude is not chosen, any more than destiny is chosen. Solitude comes to us if we have within us the magic stone that attracts destiny." Hermann Hesse on solitude, the value of hardship, and how to find your destiny https://t.co/MWDfIb9fI7

"Who serves best doesn’t always understand." Nobel-winning Polish poet Czesław M

"Who serves best doesn’t always understand." Nobel-winning Polish poet Czesław Miłosz on love: https://t.co/0ig3IBewgU

The four desires driving all human behavior – Bertrand Russell's magnificent Nob

The four desires driving all human behavior – Bertrand Russell's magnificent Nobel Prize acceptance speech https://t.co/VQVUlNwYA8

Meryl Streep reads "Morning Song" by Sylvia Plath https://t.co/dthEXmRWY5

Meryl Streep reads "Morning Song" by Sylvia Plath https://t.co/dthEXmRWY5

"An artist is a sort of emotional or spiritual historian. His role is to make yo

"An artist is a sort of emotional or spiritual historian. His role is to make you realize the doom and glory of knowing who you are and what you are." James Baldwin's most personal, most profound interview: https://t.co/ky0dAHL94c

"Over and over we borrow the book of love from the lending library of the possib

"Over and over we borrow the book of love from the lending library of the possible and ask of it everything, only to find its pages blank and beckoning, impelling us to keep writing the story as it keeps changing, keeps reading us back to ourselves..."

Rudolph Hass, a California mailman, patented his famous eponymous avocado on thi

Rudolph Hass, a California mailman, patented his famous eponymous avocado on this day in 1935. Here is its strange and surprisingly wonderful evolutionary and creative history: https://t.co/cXJCZEmqxR

"1. Turn up for work. Discipline allows creative freedom. No discipline equals n

"1. Turn up for work. Discipline allows creative freedom. No discipline equals no freedom." 10 rules of writing (which apply to all creative work) from one of the finest writers of our time https://t.co/3jrGv2wAs4

Nick Cave on how to bear your sorrows https://t.co/r5xAyxfYwe

Nick Cave on how to bear your sorrows https://t.co/r5xAyxfYwe

Bruce Springsteen on surviving depression and his strategy for warding off the v

Bruce Springsteen on surviving depression and his strategy for warding off the visitations of the darkness https://t.co/Td2mR0BwZq

Your life will thank you for reading Jad Abumrad's tender, thoughtful recollecti

Your life will thank you for reading Jad Abumrad's tender, thoughtful recollection of Dolly's superpower, her dazzlingly integrated duality https://t.co/nqJtODBp5G

Kahlil Gibran on the art of becoming yourself across the sweep of life https://t

Kahlil Gibran on the art of becoming yourself across the sweep of life https://t.co/bbEfx0Trxw

On #NationalDogDay, Mary Oliver’s eternal odes to how dogs give meaning to our h

On #NationalDogDay, Mary Oliver’s eternal odes to how dogs give meaning to our human lives https://t.co/0dMnEsNpXT

The moving letter James Baldwin received from his childhood teacher at the peak

The moving letter James Baldwin received from his childhood teacher at the peak of his fame and his heartbreak https://t.co/gzUXdXg6w7

The best illustrations from 150 years of Alice in Wonderland https://t.co/HPBZYG

The best illustrations from 150 years of Alice in Wonderland https://t.co/HPBZYG6fTU

Oliver Sacks on the 3 essential elements of creativity https://t.co/sCz5pmnTCo h

Oliver Sacks on the 3 essential elements of creativity https://t.co/sCz5pmnTCo https://t.co/QlMVZffPhf

Mary Oliver on the measure of a life well lived and how to magnify your alivenes

Mary Oliver on the measure of a life well lived and how to magnify your aliveness https://t.co/NKOJbDDKkn

Decoding the mystery of what we call "intuition" – AI prophet Margaret Boden on

Decoding the mystery of what we call "intuition" – AI prophet Margaret Boden on the 3 elements of creativity https://t.co/ygnWeR3qvA

Oliver Sacks on the three essential elements of creativity https://t.co/OWDGiu4I

Oliver Sacks on the three essential elements of creativity https://t.co/OWDGiu4IGK

For an act of resistance to the tyranny of algorithms, try the Marginalian newsl

For an act of resistance to the tyranny of algorithms, try the Marginalian newsletter — undistracted notes on the search for meaning through art, science, philosophy, poetry, and various other tendrils of wonder. For 20 years, it has remained a one-woman labor of love — free,

Uncoding creativity in the age of AI – what makes a great poem, what makes a gre

Uncoding creativity in the age of AI – what makes a great poem, what makes a great storyteller, and what makes a great person https://t.co/LNpAlj9bKk

Very necessary qualifications of a great storyteller https://t.co/QXxx33BqQp

Very necessary qualifications of a great storyteller https://t.co/QXxx33BqQp

The force and the flower – poet and potter M.C. Richards on creativity https://t

The force and the flower – poet and potter M.C. Richards on creativity https://t.co/wX0Jjy2t9I

The best thing ever written on how to live with the fundamental fear of loss tha

The best thing ever written on how to live with the fundamental fear of loss that haunts all love https://t.co/vFMCDBF6ce

A few months ago, I started taking a random book from the Little Free Library in

A few months ago, I started taking a random book from the Little Free Library in front of my house every day, opening it to random page, and cutting up the words to rearrange them into little poems, or koans, or divinations, then laying them out over a photomicrograph of https://t.co/fXUqNar6hw

"Everything flows, an old Greek said. Nothing’s secure. Gold’s only lead When yo

"Everything flows, an old Greek said. Nothing’s secure. Gold’s only lead When you stop to think. On your way up, show consideration To the ones you meet on their way down. The Latin root of condescension Means we all sink." Abiding advice on life from Nobel-winning

Born on this day in 1905, the Swiss poet, philosopher, and linguist wrote brilli

Born on this day in 1905, the Swiss poet, philosopher, and linguist wrote brilliantly about the evolution of consciousness in a theory he called "the ever-present origin" https://t.co/Xluc1cAQnX

“Resign yourself to the lifelong sadness that comes from never ­being satisfied.

“Resign yourself to the lifelong sadness that comes from never ­being satisfied.” Zadie Smith's 10 timeless rules of writing (which apply to all creative work) https://t.co/GWLpKtfaeK

Winnicott on the qualities of a healthy mind and a healthy relationship https://

Winnicott on the qualities of a healthy mind and a healthy relationship https://t.co/iORn09WYh7

You may know “a murmuration of starlings,” but did you know that a group of crow

You may know “a murmuration of starlings,” but did you know that a group of crows is called “a murder” and peacocks “an ostentation”? How groups of birds got their names (thanks to a forgotten medieval woman), with magnificent vintage illustrations: https://t.co/s8EXOGnKYh

I have long loved Umberto Eco's notion of the "antilibrary" – the unread books i

I have long loved Umberto Eco's notion of the "antilibrary" – the unread books in our lives, and why they are actually more valuable than those already read https://t.co/Y7BQF2SLkJ

Bird divination for today, available as a print benefitting the Audubon Society

Bird divination for today, available as a print benefitting the Audubon Society at https://t.co/ItZN7ptahd More of them, and the story behind this strange labor of love, at https://t.co/xpo04XE701 https://t.co/ia9pENzV04

"A relationship is a physiologic process, as real and as potent as any pill or s

"A relationship is a physiologic process, as real and as potent as any pill or surgical procedure." Relationship rupture and the limbic system – fascinating read on the neurobiology of abandonment and separation https://t.co/3OLeHB39Jv

The Peace of Wild Things – Wendell Berry's poetic antidote to despair, animated

The Peace of Wild Things – Wendell Berry's poetic antidote to despair, animated https://t.co/5cX9aQ1g1h

The Paradox of Active Surrender – Jeanette Winterson's uncommonly insightful med

The Paradox of Active Surrender – Jeanette Winterson's uncommonly insightful meditation on how art transforms us https://t.co/5DXk2A7Zkp

"Nothing can make our life, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than pe

"Nothing can make our life, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than perpetual kindness." From Marcus Aurelius to Tolstoy to Einstein, two millennia of wisdom on the nuances, challenges, and rippling rewards of kindness https://t.co/fIJNCcH1Vd

"The self is a style of being, continually expanding in a vital process of defin

"The self is a style of being, continually expanding in a vital process of definition, affirmation, revision, and growth." Count on a poet to write with uncommon wisdom about the paradox of "finding yourself" https://t.co/6Vz2FgQBmV

Read this week's highlightable delights, in a single place — Loren Eiseley on th

Read this week's highlightable delights, in a single place — Loren Eiseley on the first and final truth of life, a centuries-old poem about the confusions of love, and a soulful illustrated meditation on our search for meaning https://t.co/rwG0iCKX8C https://t.co/fbFb0tsHtF

Walter Benjamin on the key qualities of a successful person and how to master th

Walter Benjamin on the key qualities of a successful person and how to master the art of asking for what you need https://t.co/jejYL7lkUb

Turning to Stone – a geologist's love letter to the wisdom of rocks https://t.co

Turning to Stone – a geologist's love letter to the wisdom of rocks https://t.co/ZVSPnrGvjw

Trees at Night – an illumination of our human emotions in stunning century-old R

Trees at Night – an illumination of our human emotions in stunning century-old Rorschach silhouettes of trees https://t.co/sINJyBcecB

"Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea bet

"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 classic consolation for the difficulty of balancing intimacy and independence in relationships https://t.co/85gpjxX6in

New bird divination. Available as a print (benefitting the @audubonsociety) at h

New bird divination. Available as a print (benefitting the @audubonsociety) at https://t.co/na7rlel5Hq More bird divinations and the story behind this labor of love at https://t.co/Zxtcj7ROcZ https://t.co/2sZTezzTQ0

"The mind narrates what the nervous system knows. Story follows state." Polyvaga

"The mind narrates what the nervous system knows. Story follows state." Polyvagal theory and the neurobiology of connection https://t.co/049xCwVNDG

How Hans Christian Andersen turned his heartbreak into one of the most beloved f

How Hans Christian Andersen turned his heartbreak into one of the most beloved fairy tales of all time, "The Nightingale" https://t.co/U5Pt4y6tOm

Read this week's highlightable delights, in a single place – Loren Eiseley on th

Read this week's highlightable delights, in a single place – Loren Eiseley on the first and final truth of life, a centuries-old poem about the confusions of love, and a soulful illustrated meditation on longing and our search for meaning https://t.co/rwG0iCKX8C https://t.co/ZGr1gbmU2x