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She dressed in monochrome, capes and all, to cleverly feed her growing status not just as an artist, but a pioneer of every aesthetic she touched.

The Sartorial Genius of Georgia O’Keeffe

#artists #Georgia O'Keeffe

Ali Smith on reading physical books.

#Ali Smith #authors #BytheBook #books #reading

She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted.

#resist #persist

Stunning Tokachi river ice in Japan.

#Japan #river #naturalgems

An Instagram curating gorgeous abstract vignettes from The Simpsons.

#The Simpsons #abstract art #visualcandy

How to resist a state of forgetfulness - John Berger (Brick Magazine)

#resistance #john berger

Julian Barnes on the joy of rereading

Sometimes you change your mind about a writer. Perhaps, when you first read them you were only pretending to admire what you’d been told to admire. But also your tastes change. For instance, at 25 I was more open to writers telling me how to live and how to think; by 65 I had come to dislike didacticism.

#authors #books #reading

You’re better off just going back to bed

The perfect pick-me-up and she can sing!

#zadie smith #authors #jazz

For all those budding (and easily disheartened) authors.

#writing #books #authors #strugglingyears

I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked.

SYLVIA: A PERFUME INSPIRED BY THE BELL JAR

#SylviaPlath #perfume #fragrance #currentlycoveting

This is why I carry so many books in my duffle: I want to feel as connected as I possibly can to the world around me. Having all that weight, the weight of so many books, reminds me of this. It reminds me of the burden of the body, and my responsibility to carry it. The weight also reminds me that I’m holding up more than just myself, but others as well.

Yahdon Israel ~ Why Hardcover is the New Vinyl (Lithub)

#hardcover #books #tactility