OnToday Sketch by Colin Tierney
York Inspiration Type
Borges takes a leak, that is all. Pair with Henry Miller on the joy of urination.
Seen in Williamsburg
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“I tried running for office once.”
“What’d you learn from that experience?”
“That you’re never going to cram an idea down someone’s throat. The best you can do is lead by example.”
Magazine cover virginity gone forever.
“If you think that happiness means total peace, you will never be happy. Peace comes from the acceptance of the part of you that can never be at peace. It will always be in conflict. If you accept that, everything gets a lot better.” — Joss Whedon’s wonderful Wesleyan commencement address. Pair with these essential books on the art and science of true happiness. (via explore-blog)
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Heading to San Francisco
Ernest Hemingway’s reading list for a young writer, including:
- Madame Bovary (Flaubert)
- Dubliners (Joyce)
- Anna Karenina (Tolstoy)
- The Brothers Karamazov (Dostoyevsky)
- The Enormous Room (E. E. Cummings)
- Wuthering Heights (Brönte)
Complement with Hemingway on writing and wisdom from his 1954 Nobel Prize acceptance speech.
Also see Carl Sagan’s reading list and David Foster Wallace’s syllabus.
Depository of 500+ year old printing blocks. Tandjur,Tibet. 1925. Photo © Joseph F. Rock
Kurt Vile | Philadelphia, PA
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