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The Single Best Piece of Advice for the Creative Life – The Marginalian
January 30, 2026
The Single Best Piece of Advice for the Creative Life – The Marginalian
To be an artist is to live hanging on the precipice between recognition and artistic value, never knowing whether your…
Mary Oliver on Time, Focus, the Work of an Artist, and the Primary Commitment of a Creative Life – The Marginalian
January 30, 2026
Mary Oliver on Time, Focus, the Work of an Artist, and the Primary Commitment of a Creative Life – The Marginalian
“Sincerely,” The poet Jane Hirshfield wrote in her beautiful inquiry about the creative endeavor, “The world and the self begin…
The Transcendentalist Method of Finding Inner Warmth in the Cold – Marginalian
January 29, 2026
The Transcendentalist Method of Finding Inner Warmth in the Cold – Marginalian
“People make metaphors as naturally as bees make honey,” Adam Gopnik wrote in his wonderful love letter to winter, and…
Artist and philosopher Rockwell Kent on breaking the Trance of Near-living – The Marginalian
January 29, 2026
Artist and philosopher Rockwell Kent on breaking the Trance of Near-living – The Marginalian
The point, of course, is to make yourself alive – to feel the power of being in your muscles and…
Love Anyway – The Marginalian
January 29, 2026
Love Anyway – The Marginalian
You know that the price of life is death, that the price of love is loss, and you still watch…
How to Simplify Your To-Do List
January 28, 2026
How to Simplify Your To-Do List
How to Simplify Your To-Do List – Be More with Less
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Seneca on Antidote to Anxiety – The Marginalian
January 28, 2026
Seneca on Antidote to Anxiety – The Marginalian
“The truth is, we know little about life, we don't really know what is good news and what is bad…
Protein, Poetry, Blue, and Our Search for Meaning – The Marginalian
January 28, 2026
Protein, Poetry, Blue, and Our Search for Meaning – The Marginalian
Traversal (FSG) expands and deepens the questions raised in Measurementquestions we live with: the relationship between luck and choice in…
William Blake and the Stubborn Courage of the Underdog – The Marginalian
January 28, 2026
William Blake and the Stubborn Courage of the Underdog – The Marginalian
In mid-August London in 1827, a small group of mourners gathered on a hill in the fields just north of…
The Light Among Us – The Marginalian
January 28, 2026
The Light Among Us – The Marginalian
The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love – whether we call it friendship or family or…