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Wilderness, Solitude, and Creativity: Artist and Philosopher Rockwell Kent’s Century-Old Meditations on Art and Life During Seven Months on a... Arts
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Wilderness, Solitude, and Creativity: Artist and Philosopher Rockwell Kent’s Century-Old Meditations on Art and Life During Seven Months on a...

In the final months of World War One, while the Spanish Flu was tearing through civilization, the painter and philosopher Rockwell Kent arrived on a small Alaskan island with his nine-year-old son, a trunk of books and paints, and his late father's silver flute - searching, as...

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How to Delight in Your Days: Poet and Gardener Ross Gay’s Yearlong Experiment in Willful Gladness – the Marginalian
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Principal Loses His Job After Taking in Homeless Student He Refused to Abandon
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Women in Kashmir Are Restoring Wetlands & Protecting Migratory Birds
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Rajasthan's Cooperatives Are Helping Migrant Women Artisans Escape Decades of Exploitation - Shareable
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The Moving Letter James Baldwin Received From His Childhood Teacher at the Peak of His Fame and His Heartbreak –... Inspiration
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The Moving Letter James Baldwin Received From His Childhood Teacher at the Peak of His Fame and His Heartbreak –...

When a young graduate student named Orilla Miller noticed a ten-year-old boy reading Dickens in a Harlem classroom in...

Decoding the Mystery of Intuition: AI Prophet Margaret Boden on the Three Elements of Creativity – the Marginalian Arts
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Decoding the Mystery of Intuition: AI Prophet Margaret Boden on the Three Elements of Creativity – the Marginalian

Maria Popova's exploration of philosopher Margaret Boden's work on creativity arrives at a quietly urgent question:...

Principal Loses His Job After Taking in Homeless Student He Refused to Abandon Inspiration
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Principal Loses His Job After Taking in Homeless Student He Refused to Abandon

When Rob Burnside learned that a homeless student named Landerius Hayes could no longer legally attend his school due...

Moringa Lattes and Tigernut kebabs: the Ghanaians ‘Taking Back the Power’ of Their Food | Food Security | the Guardian Community
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Moringa Lattes and Tigernut kebabs: the Ghanaians ‘Taking Back the Power’ of Their Food | Food Security | the Guardian

When Abiro Wisdom finished catering school in Accra, he had learned to cook French, Italian, and Mexican cuisine -...

Uncoding Creativity in the Age of AI: What Makes a Great Poem, What Makes a Great Storyteller, and What Makes... Arts
themarginalian.org 21 hours ago

Uncoding Creativity in the Age of AI: What Makes a Great Poem, What Makes a Great Storyteller, and What Makes...

Maria Popova's essay begins with a simple experiment - asking ChatGPT to write a poem about a solar eclipse in the...

Leonard Cohen on the Antidote to Anger and the Meaning of Resistance – the Marginalian Arts
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Leonard Cohen on the Antidote to Anger and the Meaning of Resistance – the Marginalian

Drawing on poems and prose meditations composed during his years in a Zen monastery, Leonard Cohen offers something...