Blog Profile / Brain Pickings
| URL : | http://www.brainpickings.org/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Odd | |
| Posts on Regator: | 1424 | |
| Posts / Week: | 14.6 | |
| Archived Since: | July 13, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
The Artists’ & Writers’ Cookbook: A Rare 1961 Treasure Trove of Unusual Recipes and Creative Wit
"In hollow center of nest, permit two egg yolks to recline." Brain Pickings takes 450+ hours a month to curate and edit across the different platforms, and remains banner-free. If it brings you any joy and inspiration, please consider a modest donation – it lets me know I'm doing something right.
The Art of Conversation: Timeless, Timely Do’s and Don’ts from 1866
"In disputes upon moral or scientific points, ever let your aim be to come at truth, not to conquer your opponent. So you never shall be at a loss in losing the argument, and gaining a new discovery." Brain Pickings takes 450+ hours a month to curate and edit across the different platforms, and remains banner-free. Show More Summary
How Attractive Are You To The Opposite Sex? Esquire’s 1949 Questionnaire
"Almost any man can stand almost any amount of flattery." Brain Pickings takes 450+ hours a month to curate and edit across the different platforms, and remains banner-free. If it brings you any joy and inspiration, please consider a modest donation – it lets me know I'm doing something right.
Modern Art Desserts: From Mondrian Cake to Matisse Parfait
Edible masterpieces from the pastry chef at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Brain Pickings takes 450+ hours a month to curate and edit across the different platforms, and remains banner-free. If it brings you any joy and inspiration, please consider a modest donation – it lets me know I'm doing something right.
The Writer’s Technique in Thirteen Theses: Walter Benjamin’s Timeless Advice on Writing
"The more circumspectly you delay writing down an idea, the more maturely developed it will be on surrendering itself." Brain Pickings takes 450+ hours a month to curate and edit across the different platforms, and remains banner-free. If it brings you any joy and inspiration, please consider a modest donation – it lets me know I'm doing something right.
Eggs of Things: Anne Sexton’s 1963 Children’s Book
"These are all eggs of things. They will be our secret." Brain Pickings takes 450+ hours a month to curate and edit across the different platforms, and remains banner-free. If it brings you any joy and inspiration, please consider a modest donation – it lets me know I'm doing something right.
A Theater for Living: Anatomy of European Street Life in 1900
"… unrefined, menacing to some, and occasionally violent, but full of the raw energy of day-to-day human existence." Brain Pickings takes 450+ hours a month to curate and edit across the different platforms, and remains banner-free. If it brings you any joy and inspiration, please consider a modest donation – it lets me know I'm doing something right.
Anne Sexton’s Report Card
"She had little patience for studying; a precocious, headstrong adolescent, she passed the time in math class by writing flirtatious notes to boys." Brain Pickings takes 450+ hours a month to curate and edit across the different platforms, and remains banner-free. Show More Summary
My Father’s Arms Are a Boat: A Tender Norwegian Tale of Love and Loss
Reconciling the yin-yang of existence in the snowy Scandinavian outdoors. Brain Pickings takes 450+ hours a month to curate and edit across the different platforms, and remains banner-free. If it brings you any joy and inspiration, please consider a modest donation – it lets me know I'm doing something right.
Science vs. Scripture and the Difference Between Curiosity and Wonder
From Aristotle to St. Paul, or how science and scripture battled over knowledge. Brain Pickings takes 450+ hours a month to curate and edit across the different platforms, and remains banner-free. If it brings you any joy and inspiration, please consider a modest donation – it lets me know I'm doing something right.
T. S. Eliot’s Iconic Vintage Verses About Cats, Illustrated and Signed by Edward Gorey
Two grand masters of delight, together. Brain Pickings takes 450+ hours a month to curate and edit across the different platforms, and remains banner-free. If it brings you any joy and inspiration, please consider a modest donation – it lets me know I'm doing something right.
Henry Miller on the Joy of Urination
"To relieve a full bladder is one of the great human joys." Brain Pickings takes 450+ hours a month to curate and edit across the different platforms, and remains banner-free. If it brings you any joy and inspiration, please consider a modest donation – it lets me know I'm doing something right.
How Elvis Presley Sparked the Era of Teen Consumer Culture
All shook up over portable radio and credit buying. Brain Pickings takes 450+ hours a month to curate and edit across the different platforms, and remains banner-free. If it brings you any joy and inspiration, please consider a modest donation – it lets me know I'm doing something right.
An Illustrated Tour of All the Buildings in New York
"It is the other ordinary buildings, spilling with hectic daily life, that hold real New York life and passion." Brain Pickings takes 450+ hours a month to curate and edit across the different platforms, and remains banner-free. If it brings you any joy and inspiration, please consider a modest donation – it lets me know I'm doing something right.
Givers, Takers, and Matchers: The Surprising Science of Success
Counterintuitive insight on what makes people thrive from the wunderkind of organizational psychology. Brain Pickings takes 450+ hours a month to curate and edit across the different platforms, and remains banner-free. If it brings you any joy and inspiration, please consider a modest donation – it lets me know I'm doing something right.
How the Universe Was Born, Animated: A CERN Explanation
From cosmology to particle physics, or how to bring the Big Bang into the lab. Brain Pickings takes 450+ hours a month to curate and edit across the different platforms, and remains banner-free. If it brings you any joy and inspiration, please consider a modest donation – it lets me know I'm doing something right.
Lost Cat: An Illustrated Meditation on Love, Loss, and What It Means To Be Human
"You can never know anyone as completely as you want. But that's okay, love is better." Brain Pickings takes 450+ hours a month to curate and edit across the different platforms, and remains banner-free. If it brings you any joy and inspiration, please consider a modest donation – it lets me know I'm doing something right.
Jackson Pollock on Art, Labels, and Morality, Shortly Before His Death
"Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is." Brain Pickings takes 450+ hours a month to curate and edit across the different platforms, and remains banner-free. If it brings you any joy and inspiration, please consider a modest donation – it lets me know I'm doing something right.
“Ode to the Book” by Pablo Neruda, Exquisitely Read by Tom O’Bedlam
"I learned about life from life itself, love I learned in a single kiss…" Brain Pickings takes 450+ hours a month to curate and edit across the different platforms, and remains banner-free. If it brings you any joy and inspiration, please consider a modest donation – it lets me know I'm doing something right.
On Loves, Lunacies, and Losses: The Little-Known Poetry of Mark Twain
"Advance your cue and shut your eyes / And take the cushion first." Brain Pickings takes 450+ hours a month to curate and edit across the different platforms, and remains banner-free. If it brings you any joy and inspiration, please consider a modest donation – it lets me know I'm doing something right.