Brainpickings – Val Saksornchai

Maria on the Psychology of Writing

For the writers and creative thinkers out there: The Psychology of Writing and the Cognitive Science of the Perfect Daily Routine. I revisit this regularly to encourage myself in my writing endeavours. Think of the following excerpt as a teaser for Maria’s brilliant article, which you should consider reading in its entirety. A person can think…

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September 26, 2014

Personalities, Psychology, Self, Writing

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Love Illustrated (from Maria)

Susan Sontag on Love: Illustrated Diary Excerpts I’m giving in to the Valentine’s weekend at last. Here’s a little love-related post from Maria to follow the previous two (on defining love and telling love from passion).

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February 16, 2014

Love, Mind

Brainpickings, definitions of love, diary, illustrations, Love, Maria Popova, Passion, poster, Susan Sontag, Valentine’s

How Not To Worry: A 1934 Guide to Mastering Life (Maria)

I’m finding interesting parallels between Maria’s “How Not To Worry: A 1934 Guide to Mastering Life” and this TED talk I posted earlier today. Maybe there is a higher wisdom after all.

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January 9, 2014

Curiosities, Humour, Learning, Life, Mind, Psychology, Random, Self