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Kahlil Gibran on Why Parents Don’t Own Their Children

The Relationship Between Parent and Child Doesn’t Have to Be One of Ownership

Jul 12, 2021
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Black and white photo of a young girl is teary and speaking to a man who’s face we can’t see. The subtitle says: Your words don’t affect me anymore. The image is a screenshot from Robert Bresson’s film: Au Hasard Balthazar.
Black and white photo of a young girl is teary and speaking to a man who’s face we can’t see. The subtitle says: Your words don’t affect me anymore. The image is a screenshot from Robert Bresson’s film: Au Hasard Balthazar.
Jul 12, 2021
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Henry David Thoreau On The Art Of Walking

“I think that I cannot preserve my heath and spirits unless I spend four hours a day at least, — and it is commonly more than that, —…

Jul 29, 2021
Screen shot from Badlands 1973, by Terrence Malick. A man stands in the desert at night with his arms draped lazily over a stick. The moon behind him is full and the subtitle reads: We lived in utter loneliness, neither here nor there.
Screen shot from Badlands 1973, by Terrence Malick. A man stands in the desert at night with his arms draped lazily over a stick. The moon behind him is full and the subtitle reads: We lived in utter loneliness, neither here nor there.
Jul 29, 2021

Amin Maalouf On Expanding Our Definition Of Prayer

“Only a man at peace with his Creator could find sleep in a place of worship.”

Jul 29, 2021
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Screenshot from Éric Rohmer’s 1970 film Claire’s Knee. A man and a young woman stand surrounded by trees, looking off into the distance. The subtitle reads: It’s too beautiful. It’s all this beauty that exhausts me after a while.
Screenshot from Éric Rohmer’s 1970 film Claire’s Knee. A man and a young woman stand surrounded by trees, looking off into the distance. The subtitle reads: It’s too beautiful. It’s all this beauty that exhausts me after a while.
Jul 29, 2021
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Kahlil Gibran On Finding Love In The Work You Do

How Our Perspective Changes The Nature Of Work Itself

Jul 16, 2021
A screenshot from Jean-luc Godard’s Alphaville. A woman with shiny black hair and thick mascara stares into the camera. The subtitle reads: Away, away, says hate; Closer, closer, says love.
A screenshot from Jean-luc Godard’s Alphaville. A woman with shiny black hair and thick mascara stares into the camera. The subtitle reads: Away, away, says hate; Closer, closer, says love.
Jul 16, 2021

Alan Watts On The Lost Art Of Play

How The Distinction We Draw Between Work And Play Makes Us Miserable

Jul 16, 2021
Screen shot from Ingmar Bergman’s film The Passion of Anna. Black and white close up of a woman’s face. She seems to be in despair. The subtitle says: I didn’t think that life would amount to such daily suffering.
Screen shot from Ingmar Bergman’s film The Passion of Anna. Black and white close up of a woman’s face. She seems to be in despair. The subtitle says: I didn’t think that life would amount to such daily suffering.
Jul 16, 2021

Amor Fati: Schopenhauer On The Idea Of Fate

How The Passage Of Time Creates The Sensation Of Fate

Jul 16, 2021
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Black and white screenshot from the film: Cinema Paradiso directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. An older man holds a young boy’s face. The subtitle reads: whatever you end up doing, love it.
Black and white screenshot from the film: Cinema Paradiso directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. An older man holds a young boy’s face. The subtitle reads: whatever you end up doing, love it.
Jul 16, 2021
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Henry David Thoreau Does Not Respect The Hustle

The Lost Art Of Presence Discovered At Walden Pond

Mar 18, 2021
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Screen shot from: It’s Such a Beautiful Day (2012) by Don Hertzfeldt. A kalidescope view of a woman laying on a pillow with her eyes closed. Subtitle says: It’s too bad people don’t day how they feel until it’s already too late.”
Screen shot from: It’s Such a Beautiful Day (2012) by Don Hertzfeldt. A kalidescope view of a woman laying on a pillow with her eyes closed. Subtitle says: It’s too bad people don’t day how they feel until it’s already too late.”
Mar 18, 2021
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Alan Watts On The Lie We Tell Children About Agency

How Our Flawed Understanding Of What A Person Is Produces A Lifetime Of Frustration

Mar 15, 2021
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Screenshot from Ingmar Bergman’s Through A Glass Darkly. A young man and woman sit at a picnic table, the woman holds a book in her hands. Subtitle reads: You in your cage, I in mine.
Screenshot from Ingmar Bergman’s Through A Glass Darkly. A young man and woman sit at a picnic table, the woman holds a book in her hands. Subtitle reads: You in your cage, I in mine.
Mar 15, 2021
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Kierkegaard On How Lilies And Birds Can Teach Us To Pray Genuinely

Letting Nature Lead Us; First Seeking God’s Kingdom; Matthew 6:24–34

Mar 8, 2021
Painting of a girl collecting lilies from a pond by Eastman Johnson. Painted in 1865. Oil on board.
Painting of a girl collecting lilies from a pond by Eastman Johnson. Painted in 1865. Oil on board.
Mar 8, 2021
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Does Culture Impact How A Baby Sleeps?

What The Studies Actually Say About How Babies Should Sleep | Part IV

Mar 8, 2021
Screenshot from Punch-Drunk Love (2002) by Paul Thomas Anderson. Two men are having an emotional conversation. Subtitle says: I don’t know if there is anything wrong.
Screenshot from Punch-Drunk Love (2002) by Paul Thomas Anderson. Two men are having an emotional conversation. Subtitle says: I don’t know if there is anything wrong.
Mar 8, 2021
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