A Tender Painted Lexicon of Consolation and Connection – The Marginalian
“To be a Flower is profound Responsibility,” Emily Dickinson wrote. From the moment she pressed the first wildflower into her astonishing teenage herbarium until the […]
Avoiding the purity loop | Seth’s Blog
Some vegans don’t eat avocados. They’re concerned that the bees that are trucked in to pollinate the trees are mistreated, and so they choose to […]
Cristina Campo on the Crucial Difference Between Hope and Trust – The Marginalian
“What are we, anyway, at our best, but one small, persistent cluster in a greater ferment of human activity — still and forever turning toward, […]
The Great Humanistic Philosopher and Psychologist on the Art of Unselfish Understanding – The Marginalian
By Maria Popova “An experience makes its appearance only when it is being said,” wrote Hannah Arendt in reflecting on how language confers reality upon […]
Creating the conditions for magic
Creating the conditions for magic | Seth’s Blog If you’re hoping for this meeting or this performance or this engagement to produce something extraordinary, why […]
How to Be a Good Explorer on the Lifelong Expedition to Yourself – The Marginalian
Life is an ongoing expedition into the brambled tendrilled wilderness of ourselves, continually stymied by all we mistake for a final destination — success, superhuman […]
Pioneering Psychiatrist Donald Winnicott on the Qualities of a Healthy Mind and a Healthy Relationship – The Marginalian
“I have always felt that a human being could only be saved by another human being,” James Baldwin wrote in one of his finest essays. […]
All the letters | Seth’s Blog
All the letters | Seth’s Blog Every writer has all of them. 26 in most Western languages. But no writer knows all […]
Neuroscience Founding Father Santiago Ramón y Cajal on the Six Psychological Flaws That Keep the Gifted from Living Up to Their Gift – The Marginalian
“Principles are good and worth the effort only when they develop into deeds,” Van Gogh wrote to his brother in a beautiful letter about talking […]
Kahlil Gibran’s Moving Letter to a Soldier in a Senseless War – The Marginalian
War is an ism — nationalism, dogmatism, capitalism — paid for by an is: the living beingness of human beings made a sacrificial offering to […]
