Quote for Today: A.A. Milne
By the time it came to the edge of the Forest, the stream had grown up, so that it was almost a river, and, being grown-up, it did not run …
Quote for Today: Orhan Pamuk
She looked out the window; in her eyes was the light that you see only in children arriving at a new place, or in young people still open to new …
A Testament to Motion: The Art of Toots Zynsky
Have you ever created something that made you feel more alive? Amazing things can happen when we follow our passion. Delizioso, Image © Dane Gallery Mary Ann Toots …
Quote for Today: Bill Bryson
Among the many thousands of things that I have never been able to understand, one in particular stands out. That is the question of who was the first person who …
On Unlocking Creativity, Ideas as Viruses: Robin Young Interviews Elizabeth Gilbert
The way that I’ve always thought about creativity is that ideas are these disembodied life forms, they don’t have a form but they have a will, and all they want …
Quote for Today: Tavia Rahki Smith
There are hundreds of billions of galaxies making up the universe. Earth is only one planet of billions orbiting inside just one of these 500,000 billion or more galaxies. And …
A Woman with a Persistent Question: Maria Sibylla Merian and Insect Metamorphosis
The questions asked in youth can lead us on journeys that last a lifetime. Sometimes persistence is rewarded with answers. In the late 17th century there was a common belief that …
Quote for Today: George Washington Carver
I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast. I wanted to know where it got its color, where it got its …
Photos from the Red Planet: Martian Beauty
Check out some of the newest images of the red planet here in a lovely article posted on the European Space Agency website. Beautiful, jaw dropping and informative. What an amazing universe …
Quote for Today: Everett Ruess
Alone I will follow the dark trail, black void on one side and unattainable heights on the other, darkness before and behind me, darkness that pulses and flows and is …