Walking, Forgiveness, and Belonging in the Mountains of Japan – The Marginalian
admin Steps are events, experiments, miniature rebellions against gravity and chance. With each step, we...
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Carl Sagan on Superstition – The Marginalian
Growing up in Bulgaria, in a city teeming in stray dogs and cars, I...
How to Be a Happier Creature – The Marginalian
It must be encoded there, in the childhood memories of our synapses and our...
Cristina Campo on Fairy Tales, Time, and the Meaning of Maturity – The Marginalian
“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales,” Einstein reportedly...
Ellen Bass’s Stunning Ode to the Courage of Tenderness as an Antidote to Helplessness – The Marginalian
By Maria Popova There is no greater remedy for helplessness than helping someone else,...
Urns for Living and the Art of Trusting Time – The Marginalian
Ceramics came into my life the way the bird divinations had a year earlier...
What a Rare Bird of Prey Reveals about the Deepest Meaning of Intelligence – The Marginalian
“True teachers are called into being by the contradictions generated by civilization,” the poet...
The Canyon and the Meaning of Life – The Marginalian
Anything you polish with attention will become a mirror. Anything to which you give...
Doris Lessing on How to Read a Book and How to Read the World – The Marginalian
Born in Iran and raised in Zimbabwe, Doris Lessing (October 22, 1919–November 17, 2013)...
Edward Lear’s Parrots – The Marginalian
In the late summer of 1832, England was set aflame with wonder — a...