Search results for “big magic”
Power and Tenderness: Robert Penn Warren on Democracy, Art, and the Integrity of the Self
“[Art] is the process by which… a society comes to understand itself, and by understanding, discover its possibilities of growth.”
Physicist David Bohm on Creativity
“No really creative transformation can possibly be effected by human beings … unless they are in the creative state of mind that is generally sensitive to the differences that always exist between the observed fact and any preconceived ideas, however noble, beautiful, and magnificent they may seem to be.”
The Best Children’s Books of 2016
From love to mortality to the lives of Einstein and Louise Bourgeois, by way of silence and the color of the wind.
Legendary Physicist David Bohm on the Paradox of Communication, the Crucial Difference Between Discussion and Dialogue, and What Is Keeping Us from Listening to One Another
“If we are to live in harmony with ourselves and with nature, we need to be able to communicate freely in a creative movement in which no one permanently holds to or otherwise defends his own ideas.”
The Dinner Party: Artist Judy Chicago’s Iconic Antidote to the Erasure of Women in the History of Creative Culture
From Hypatia to Susan B. Anthony to Virginia Woolf, a sacrament and an insurrection restoring women’s place in history.
The Joy of Suffering Overcome: Young Beethoven’s Stirring Letter to His Brothers About the Loneliness of Living with Deafness and How Music Saved His Life
“Ah! how could I possibly quit the world before bringing forth all that I felt it was my vocation to produce?”
16 Overall Favorite Books of 2016
From loneliness to love to black holes, by way of Neil Gaiman, Annie Dillard, and Mary Oliver.
Tim Ferriss on How He Survived Suicidal Depression and His Tools for Warding Off the Darkness
“The key is building fires where you can warm yourself as you wait for the tempest to pass.”
Healing the Heart of Democracy: Parker Palmer on Holding the Tension of Our Differences in a Creative Way
“Full engagement in the movement called democracy requires no less of us than full engagement in the living of our own lives.”
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