Reads tagged with “books”

Douglas Adams’s Prophetic Vision for the Evolution of the Book

How we went from boulders to scrolls to screens.

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Book Spine Poetry vol. 5: The Meaning of Life

Stumbling on happiness in pursuit of the unknown.

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To Do: Gertrude Stein’s Posthumous Alphabet Book

“Don’t bother about the commas which aren’t there, read the words. Don’t worry about the sense that is there, read the words faster.”

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100 Ideas That Changed Film

How the seventh art went from magic lanterns to state-of-the-art computer-generated imagery in 100 years.

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Hippopposites: A Minimalist Lesson in Opposites and Aesthetics for Little Designers

Navigating the complex web of simple terms with the help of a red hippo.

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The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Search for Meaning

“If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.”

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Blown Covers: <em>New Yorker</em> Covers You Were Never Meant to See

Blown Covers: New Yorker Covers You Were Never Meant to See

The art-science of walking the fine line between keen and crass.

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Snoopy’s Guide to the Writing Life: Ray Bradbury on Creative Purpose in the Face of Rejection

“The blizzard doesn’t last forever; it just seems so.”

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C. S. Lewis on Why “School Stories” and Media Distortion Are a More Deceptive Fiction Than Fiction

“Children are not deceived by fairy-tales; they are often and gravely deceived by school-stories. Adults are not deceived by science-fiction; they can be deceived by the stories in the women’s magazines.”

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20 of Today’s Most Exciting Artists and Illustrators Reimagine the Paper Plane

What the quintessential childhood staple teaches us about the bounds of the imagination.

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Reads tagged with “books”

How we went from boulders to scrolls to screens.

Stumbling on happiness in pursuit of the unknown.

“Don’t bother about the commas which aren’t there, read the words. Don’t worry about the sense that is there, read the words faster.”

How the seventh art went from magic lanterns to state-of-the-art computer-generated imagery in 100 years.

Navigating the complex web of simple terms with the help of a red hippo.

“If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.”

The art-science of walking the fine line between keen and crass.

“The blizzard doesn’t last forever; it just seems so.”

“Children are not deceived by fairy-tales; they are often and gravely deceived by school-stories. Adults are not deceived by science-fiction; they can be deceived by the stories in the women’s magazines.”

What the quintessential childhood staple teaches us about the bounds of the imagination.

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