Nobel Laureate Wisława Szymborska’s Poem “Love at First Sight,” Illustrated – The Marginalian
Some of us call it chance; those less at peace with the randomness that governs the universe may call it […]
M.C. Escher on Creativity and Grasping the Largest Mystery Through the Immense Beauty of the Very Small – The Marginalian
Nothing shapes our experience of reality, and nothing limits it, more than our frames of reference. Every transcendent achievement of
Sophie Blackall’s Poetic Illustrated Tribute to Time and Tenderness – The Marginalian
Every year, monarch butterflies migrate thousands of miles from Canada to Mexico. Each passage takes three to four generations, and
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In this sixteenth year of The Marginalian, which draws primarily on the timeless wonders and wisdoms of the past, here
Margaret Atwood on the Bonds and Obligations of Creative Gifts – The Marginalian
A decade ago, several years after I started writing The Marginalian (under the outgrown name Brain Pickings, in my twenties,
Lewis Hyde on Sustaining the Creative Spirit – The Marginalian
It is a gladness to be able to call one’s daily work a labor of love, and to have that
Stunning 200-Year-Old French Illustrations of Exotic, Endangered, and Extinct Birds – The Marginalian
By Maria Popova “How can the bird that is born for joy sit in a cage and sing?” wrote William
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On the morning of April 10, 1535, the skies of Stockholm came ablaze with three suns intersected by several bright
René Magritte on the Antidote to the Banality of Pessimism – The Marginalian
In a world pocked by cynicism and pummeled by devastating news, to find joy for oneself and spark it in