Maria Popova
@brainpicker
Interestingness hunter-gatherer obsessed with combinatorial creativit1
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The Little Book of Hindu Deities – Pixar animator reimagines Indian mythology http://t.co/eJLv3cau
What a blade of grass teaches us about the wonders of life – absolutely beautiful read http://t.co/uTPjKtQmiE
"Grasp with both hands." Richard Branson's advice to graduates http://t.co/dEbYXC77YS
Hmmmmm… David Brooks makes some sketchy assumptions about what changes in word usage tell us about changes in culture http://t.co/ymmtZBacfy
David Foster Wallace's timeless commencement speech on the meaning of life, delivered on this day in 2005, as a film http://t.co/YIcqKooQUS
10 life lessons from Calvin and Hobbes http://t.co/GVMDOLXKr8 And the greatest life lesson from the comic's creator http://t.co/IAOH2H3JoG
10 live lessons from Calvin and Hobbes http://t.co/ZaZ1l8Pa4S And the greatest life lesson from the comic's creator http://t.co/chsxmcFOEX
"The inferno of the living is not something that will be; if there is one, it is what is already here." http://t.co/twwCAluZ58 #LitJuke
On this day in 2005, David Foster Wallace gave his timeless "This Is Water" speech on the meaning of life – hear it: http://t.co/6L6J8BADBK
“All science is provisional.” http://t.co/zVocFrdut4
"Very difficult to say 'love' unless you don't really mean it." Joyce Carol Oates http://t.co/jOngXm7QZu
"The discoveries of yesterday are the truisms of tomorrow… we can add to our knowledge but cannot subtract from it." http://t.co/oUkE8WFBbR
"Deeper understanding confers that most precious thing — wonder." http://t.co/Qbdr6iC6lq
Struggling artist special – Patti Smith shares her lettuce soup recipe in exclusive recording http://t.co/6mMhfnhJgs
Editorial Manners 101 – a scrumptiously grumpy Raymond Chandler tells @TheAtlantic off, 1945 http://t.co/jLkEp1VyDQ
Your cousin, the blade of grass – Brian Cox on the wonders of life http://t.co/tnetvJNSrg
"The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware." http://t.co/B0RDNVS2rg #LitJuke
Anton Chekhov on the 8 qualities of cultured people http://t.co/AlCL8WUDJz
"Very difficult to say 'love' unless you don't really mean it." @JoyceCarolOates http://t.co/G3LAh97HSu
"Sell out, and you’re really buying into someone else’s system of values, rules and rewards.” http://t.co/0vIRpBUakR
Ray Bradbury's advice to aspiring writers on weathering the storm of rejection, by way of Snoopy http://t.co/knPkJIGD7t
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