Brain Pickings - Broad Nib News Aggregator

Brain Pickings

Arundhati Roy on the Deepest Measure of Success

Arundhati Roy on the Deepest Measure of Success

11 months ago 17

Virginia Woolf on Love

Virginia Woolf on Love

11 months ago 15

By Contacts We Are Saved: The Forgotten Visionary Jane Ellen Harrison on Change, the Meaning of Faith, and the Courage of Heresy

By Contacts We Are Saved: The Forgotten Visionary ...

1 year ago 18

On Looking: Poet Lia Purpura on the Art of Noticing

On Looking: Poet Lia Purpura on the Art of Noticin...

1 year ago 17

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...

1 year ago 15

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...

1 year ago 16

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

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

1 year ago 14

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

Decoding the Mystery of Intuition: Pioneering Phil...

1 year ago 16

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...

1 year ago 18

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...

1 year ago 20

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

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

1 year ago 22

Wonder, Play, and How to Be More Alive

Wonder, Play, and How to Be More Alive

1 year ago 21

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

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

1 year ago 21

Blink Twice to Quell a Quasar: Carl Sagan on Superstition

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

1 year ago 21

How to Be a Happier Creature

How to Be a Happier Creature

1 year ago 21

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...

1 year ago 22

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 ...

1 year ago 21

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...

1 year ago 21