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Embodiment and the (Re)invention of Emoji, from the Aztecs to Humboldt and Darwin to AI

Embodiment and the (Re)invention of Emoji, from th...

10 months ago 8

A Heron, a Red Leaf, and a Hole in a Blue Star: Poet Jane Kenyon on the Art of Letting Go

A Heron, a Red Leaf, and a Hole in a Blue Star: Po...

10 months ago 8

Undersound: The Secret Lives of Ponds and the Mysterious Musicality of the World

Undersound: The Secret Lives of Ponds and the Myst...

10 months ago 6

Decoding the Mystery of Intuition: Pioneering Philosopher of AI Margaret Boden on the Three Elements of Creativity

Decoding the Mystery of Intuition: Pioneering Phil...

10 months ago 6

Orcas and the Price of Consciousness: Lessons in Love and Loss from Earth’s Most Successful and Creative Predator

Orcas and the Price of Consciousness: Lessons in L...

10 months ago 7

Rewilding the Human Spirit in the Age of Moral Colonialism: Brian Eno on Carnival as a Model for Saving Culture

Rewilding the Human Spirit in the Age of Moral Col...

10 months ago 8

Dawn: A Watercolor Ode to the Primeval Conversation Between Our Living Planet and Its Dying Star

Dawn: A Watercolor Ode to the Primeval Conversatio...

10 months ago 8

Wonder, Play, and How to Be More Alive

Wonder, Play, and How to Be More Alive

10 months ago 8

Things Become Other Things: Walking, Forgiveness, and Belonging in the Mountains of Japan

Things Become Other Things: Walking, Forgiveness, ...

10 months ago 9

Blink Twice to Quell a Quasar: Carl Sagan on Superstition

Blink Twice to Quell a Quasar: Carl Sagan on Super...

11 months ago 8

How to Be a Happier Creature

How to Be a Happier Creature

11 months ago 9

The Paradox of Knowing Who You Are and What You Want: Cristina Campo on Fairy Tales, Time, and the Meaning of Maturity

The Paradox of Knowing Who You Are and What You Wa...

11 months ago 8

Kiss: Ellen Bass’s Stunning Ode to the Courage of Tenderness as an Antidote to Helplessness

Kiss: Ellen Bass’s Stunning Ode to the Courage of ...

11 months ago 9

Hold On Let Go: Urns for Living and the Art of Trusting Time

Hold On Let Go: Urns for Living and the Art of Tru...

11 months ago 8

A Plasticity of Being: What a Rare Bird of Prey Reveals about the Deepest Meaning of Intelligence

A Plasticity of Being: What a Rare Bird of Prey Re...

11 months ago 8

Doris Lessing on How to Read a Book and How to Read the World

Doris Lessing on How to Read a Book and How to Rea...

11 months ago 8

The Canyon and the Meaning of Life

The Canyon and the Meaning of Life

11 months ago 9

Is It Not Wonderful to Be Alive: Edward Lear’s Parrots

Is It Not Wonderful to Be Alive: Edward Lear’s Par...

11 months ago 8