Quote for Today: Yevgeny Zamyatin
“It is said there are flowers that bloom only once in a hundred years. Why should there not be some that bloom once in a thousand, in ten thousand …
Quote for Today: Jay Leno
I also tend to like cars that need me. To me, cars are like old screen doors. I know that if I jiggle the latch and move it this way, …
Staring Into the Looking Glass: Creative People and Narcissism
Creative people are often accused of narcissism. Can we alter the negative stereotypes and bad behavior associated with artists? Greek mythology tells the story of Narcissus, a young hunter who …
Quote for Today: Elizabeth von Arnim
…listening with absorbed attention more to her voice than to what she was saying, and thinking how like she was, flowering through her voice into beauty in the darkness, to …
Alien Birds of New Guinea: The Birds of Paradise Project
Evolutionary biologist Ed Scholes and wildlife photographer Tim Laman have spent a great deal of the past ten years in the untamed wilderness of New Guinea studying the family of …