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The Lost Art of Astropoetics: An 1881 Cosmic Masterpiece by the Forgotten Woman Who Popularized Astronomy

“No observers could lift their eyes to the golden mysteries enshrined above without being impressed with the exceeding loveliness of the shining throng.”

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Cosmigraphics: Picturing Space Through Time in 4,000 Years of Mapping the Universe

A visual catalog of our quintessential quest to understand the cosmos and our place in it.

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Tennessee Williams Reads Two Stirring Poems by Hart Crane

Bringing to life one of literary history’s most tragic yet influential heroes.

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Fiona Apple’s Stirring Handwritten Letter About Her Dying Dog

“I wish we could also appreciate the time that lies right beside the end of time.”

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Favorite Books of 2022

From Rumi to Blake to Nick Cave, by way of trees, hummingbirds, grief, and music.

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Permanent Present Tense: Pioneering Scientist Suzanne Corkin on How the Famous Amnesiac H.M. Illuminates the Paradoxes of Memory and the Self

“Even if we will never completely understand the way the brain works, whatever small part of the truth we are able to learn will bring us one step closer to understanding who we are.”

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7 Life-Learnings from 7 Years of Brain Pickings, Illustrated

“Presence is far more intricate and rewarding an art than productivity.”

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What Is Love? Great Definitions from 400 Years of Great Literature

“Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get — only with what you are expecting to give — which is everything.”

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30 Years of Innovation: Happy Birthday, ITP

Mud, paparazzi, and what rodents have to do with the bleeding edge of interactive technology.

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Losing Love, Finding Love, and Living with the Fragility of It All

“What an astonishing thing it is to find something. Children, who excel at it — chiefly because the world is still so new to them that they can’t help but notice it — understand this, and automatically delight in it.”

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Search results for “Brainpickings ten years on”

“No observers could lift their eyes to the golden mysteries enshrined above without being impressed with the exceeding loveliness of the shining throng.”

A visual catalog of our quintessential quest to understand the cosmos and our place in it.

Bringing to life one of literary history’s most tragic yet influential heroes.

“I wish we could also appreciate the time that lies right beside the end of time.”

From Rumi to Blake to Nick Cave, by way of trees, hummingbirds, grief, and music.

“Even if we will never completely understand the way the brain works, whatever small part of the truth we are able to learn will bring us one step closer to understanding who we are.”

“Presence is far more intricate and rewarding an art than productivity.”

“Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get — only with what you are expecting to give — which is everything.”

Mud, paparazzi, and what rodents have to do with the bleeding edge of interactive technology.

“What an astonishing thing it is to find something. Children, who excel at it — chiefly because the world is still so new to them that they can’t help but notice it — understand this, and automatically delight in it.”

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