The Great Naturalist John Burroughs on the Art of Noticing and What Artists Can Learn from Naturalists – The Marginalian
“We hear and apprehend only what we already half know,” Thoreau wrote as he considered what it takes to see […]
Nick Cave on the Relationship Between Creativity and Faith – The Marginalian
“Faith is the willingness to give ourselves over, at times, to things we do not fully understand,” the poetic physicist
Cognitive Philosopher Andy Clark on the Power of Expectation and How the Mind Renders Reality – The Marginalian
Attention is less a lens on the world than a mirror for the mind. “My experience is what I agree
Flannery O’Connor’s Little-Known Cartoons – The Marginalian
Provided how many famous creators had secret talents — including Richard Feynman’s drawings, Marilyn Monroe’s poetry, Rube Goldberg’s political art,
An Illustrated Celebration of the Art of Shared Solitude – The Marginalian
By Maria Popova “One can never be alone enough to write,” Susan Sontag lamented in her diary. “Oh comforting solitude,