From The American Scholar: Writing About Writers. She has never written from outlines, but she would sometimes think as much as 30 pages ahead. Not this time. “It didn’t feel like writing,” she said. “Writing to me is really hard. And I just sort of sat down and wrote this – or typed it.” She [...]
It’s Jonathan Richman’s lack of snide irony that lets him indulge in wonder.
The idea that sustainability is a penance paid simply through intelligent purchasing is innocently nearsighted, but more problematic is the idea to return to the autonomous indulgences of a sprawl design that’s wrapped in recycled newspaper, claiming that the sum of your repentant emotions is good enough.
Few joys found in music are greater than when you delve into the mystery of what makes it move you; when you seek those songs in which you find an endless forest of leaves.
On myths, fairies, and what Miyazaki can teach us about storytelling in the West.
Autumn: the scarf around my neck, the cool air tickling my nose.
Madeleine Albright wore her collection with a knowledge too many women in politics forget.
From the New York Times: Mistakes in Typography Grate the Purists. Seeing the clean, crisp shapes of those letters and numbers at station entrances, on the platforms and inside the trains is always a treat, at least it is until I spot the “Do not lean …” sign on the train doors. Ugh! There’s something [...]
The Rosa Parks bus at the Henry Ford museum provocatively reminds us about freedom, and justice – for all.