Yoko Ono’s 1966 lovely “Mend Piece” is a participatory installation that, like many Ono works, comes with instructions designed to resonate personally, meaningfully, expansively…
Read MoreCall of the Forest “a Way of Thinking About Trees and the Planet You Have Never Thought Before”
In “Call of the Forest, the Forgotten Wisdom of Trees”, botanist Diana Beresford-Kroeger guides us into “the essentials of what a tree is all about”, something she says most people have missed, and that will change our view of the planet we inhabit.
Read MoreOliver Sack’s On Meeting an Orangutan at the Toronto Zoo
One of the most remarkable stories in the late Oliver Sacks’ posthumously published book is about Sacks’ unexpected meeting with an orangutan while visiting the zoo. It describes Sacks “”a brilliant singularity”: his ability for showing us the big fat gifts to be found in the everyday. Perfection in 274 words.
Read MoreYves Klein’s Interior Inspirations, From Ultimate Blue to His Unusual Do-able Table
A single rare image of Yves Klein’s Paris apartment/studio got us hunting for his plexiglass coffee table filled with astonishing blue pigment he commissioned. We found A LOT of inspiration.
Read MoreAlex Soth and Richard Long on What Can Be Made From the Process of Moving Through the World
At his instagram, photographer Alex Soth posted a beautiful little video of a rock rolling down a path, an homage to artist Richard Long’s work, who mightily inspired an interesting view…
Read MoreW.S. Merwin’s Lines of Gratitude
This morning we opened our Collected Poems of W.S. Merwin to the poet counting blessings and expressing gratitude. Which we find ourselves doing as we read it.
Read MoreA Fireworks Display from J.R.R. Tolkien
Thinking about the Fourth of July, we came across this magical description of fireworks from The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien…
Read MoreThe Secret Language of Trees via Animated Drawings And Richard Power’s Wondrous Novel
Through charming animated drawings, forestry experts Camille Defrenne and Suzanne Simard explain how trees communicate with one another. Novelist Richard Powers tells it another way in The Overstory.
Read MoreEditing Those Ubiquitous Lists of Reminders Yields Potent Scraps of Wisdom
Over the years, we’ve come to look more closely at the lists of reminders about how to live that we find in our internet wanderings, to decide just what is truly useful. Here’s how we curated this one.
Read MoreGünther Uecker: creating an instrument with which we can eat art
Artist Günther Uecker, whose work we did not know, gave us a new view of art, that we somehow have felt all these years, but couldn’t name…
Read MoreListen to the Magic of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah Being Hummed Around the World
Among the many joys we experienced at the extraordinary Leonard Cohen exhibition at The Jewish Museum, is a room resonating with the sound of hundreds of people around the world humming Cohen’s anthem, Hallelujah. You can experience it online as well.
Read MorePauline Caulfield’s Ingenious Textile Panels Become Wall Covering, Art, Window Shade
This tiny video of textile artist Pauline Caulfield’s brilliant 1968 diploma show while studying at the Royal College of Art shows an inspiring, ingenious alternative to obstructing window treatments.
Read MoreJean Shin Transforms Dying Trees into a Place of Rememberance and Gathering
Artist Jean Shin transformed Storm King Art Center’s dying Maple trees into a sculpture that embodies the trees inner life and energy…
Read MoreA Transformative Word from the Ottoman Empire on How to Have the Abundance of Life…
Recently, I revisited the remarkable sign that waits at the threshold of Omega Institute’s serene meditation space in the woods, to ponder a single word…
Read MoreVarieties of YES: A Zen View, John Cage, Mary Oliver, James Joyce and the Katz’s Deli Orgasm
Thirty + years ago, the world witnessed Meg Ryan’s perfection of a faked orgasm in Katz’s Deli, we’ve been thinking about great, transformative yeses we’ve written about or experienced.
Read MoreYayoi Kusama Transforms Obsession and Accumulation into Art and Medicine
For decades nintey-year-old artist Yayoi Kusama has embraced the culturally taboo practices of obsession and accumulation, using them as a means of transformation and healing. Her remarkable “art medicine” has been her balm for mental illness.
Read MoreLotta Agaton’s Flat File Day Bed and Other Inspired File Beds
Stylist Lotta Agaton’s clever day be made out of flat files got us considering the very practical and chic possibilities for these sophisticated storage beds…
Read MoreIkigai: “What Makes You Jump Out of Bed in the Morning? and Other Questions That Will Help You Find It
When a friend sent us VENN diagrams of the Japanese concept of Ikigai last week, we found we couldn’t get its big fat question out of our mind.
Read MoreBeatrice Wood’s Mistakes “Like Pebbles That Make a Good Road”, with Sculptor Richard Long
When we heard centenarian ceramic artist Beatrice Wood’s extraordinary view of the mistakes she made in life, we thought of the work of artist Richard Long…
Read MoreHow to Look After Yourself
We found this great, simple list on DoLectures’ twitter and find it a helpful reminder for small ways to navigate the day in balance:
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