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Wendell Berry on Solitude And Creativity's Enemies

Wendell Berry on Solitude And Creativity's Enemies

Feb 1, 2015-- Wendell Berry's remarkable work, What Are Humans For?, is filled with philosophical insights for the would be artist in us all. Here, Maria Popova of Brainpickings extracts some of the most poignant and moving moments from his piece, interweaving them with thoughts from Thoreau and psychoanalyst Adam Phillips. (27247 reads)


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