Artist Maira Kalman’s Tender and Quirky Ode to the Weight of the World and the Barely Bearable Lightness of Being – The Marginalian
“It troubled me,” Emily Dickinson wrote, “how an Atom fell and yet the Heavens held.” The Heavens hold, and so […]
Favorite Books of 2023 – The Marginalian
To look back on a year of reading is to be handed a clear mirror of your priorities and passions,
Love and the Sacred – The Marginalian
Every once in a while, the curtain of consciousness we mistake for reality parts and we glimpse what glows beyond
Jane Hirshfield’s Playful and Poignant Poem About Bearing Our Human Condition – The Marginalian
A human being is a living constellation of contradictions, mostly opaque to itself. “Inward secret creatures,” Iris Murdoch called us
How One of the Last True Polymaths Pioneered the Cosmos of Connections – The Marginalian
No thinker has shaped our understanding of the astounding interconnectedness of the universe more profoundly than the great Prussian naturalist,
French Illustrator Marion Fayolle’s Wordless Narratives About Human Relationships – The Marginalian
By Maria Popova In Pieces (public library | IndieBound) is an uncommon piece of visual poetry by French illustrator and
How Groups of Birds Got Their Names, with Wondrous Vintage Illustrations by Brian Wildsmith – The Marginalian
Language is an instrument of great precision and poignancy — our best tool for telling each other what the world