Quote for Today: Nick Hornby
All that night he thought like boomerangs fly: an idea would shoot way off into the distance, all the way to a caravan in Hollywood and, for a moment, when …
Quote for Today: Rainier Maria Rilke
We are continually overflowing toward those who preceded us, toward our origin, and toward those who seemingly come after us. … It is our task to imprint this temporary, perishable …
Quote for Today: Mickey Hart
In the beginning, there was noise. Noise begat rhythm, and rhythm begat everything else. –Mickey Hart, Rhythms of the Universe Public Domain Image: Abell 1744 galaxy cluster, NASA, ESA, and …
Quote for Today: Alan Watts
Time is a social institution and not a physical reality. There is, in other words, no such thing as time in the natural world – the world of stars and …
Quote for Today: Rainer Maria Rilke
I beg you, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in …
Quote for Today: Emilie Autumn
I feel as though, if I were to extend my hand just a little toward the pool where the ideas ferment, I could grab at the idea and pull it …
Quote for Today: Danny Elfman
It often feels like a tremendous amount of work is required to get an idea moving forward, like pushing a train uphill. But at a certain point, the thing takes …
Floating on Water: The Medieval Art of Ebru
Traditional art forms remain astounding and disarmingly beautiful in an era dominated by technology. What makes this art so beguiling? Ebru, a form of paper marbling, is an ancient art that originated …
Quote for Today: Wendell Berry
And I knew that the Spirit that had gone forth to shape the world and make it live was still alive in it. I just had no doubt. I could …
Quote for Today: Marilyn Manson
Don’t ever empty the bucket of mystery. Never let people define what you do. It’s not about zigging when you should zag. It’s not about doing something unprecedented and unpredictable. …