An Almost Unbearably Tender Illustrated Spell Against the Curse of Not Enough – The Marginalian
admin Wanting is the menacing margin of error between desire and need. It is the...
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Three Poems for Trusting Time – The Marginalian
If you want to befriend time — which is how you come to befriend...
Robert Macfarlane on the Personhood of Rivers and the Meaning of Aliveness – The Marginalian
“Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river,” Borges...
Nobel Laureate Elias Canetti on Grieving a Parent, Grieving the World, and What Makes Life Worth Living – The Marginalian
The year is 1937. Elias Canetti (July 25, 1905–August 14, 1994) — Bulgarian, Jewish,...
The Whole of It – The Marginalian
By Maria Popova Because we are creatures made of time, what we call suffering...
Oliver Sacks on Perception – The Marginalian
“If the doors of perception were cleansed,” William Blake wrote, “everything would appear to...
Mushrooms and Our Search for Meaning – The Marginalian
This essay was originally published as the cover story in the Summer 2025 issue...
Pico Iyer on Finding the World in a Benedictine Monastery – The Marginalian
The best measure of serenity may be our distance from the self — getting...
A Charming Illustrated Parable about the Absurdity of Self-righteousness – The Marginalian
By Maria Popova Perhaps the most perilous consequence of uncertain times, times that hurl...
The Majesty of Mountains and the Mountains of the Mind – The Marginalian
Mountains are some of our best metaphors for the mind and for the spirit,...