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The Marginalian

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  • Wilderness, Solitude, and Creativity: Artist and Philosopher Rockwell Kent's Century-Old Meditations on Art and Life During Seven Months on a Small Alaskan Island #Art #Philosophy #Creativity

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    Aug 19, 2026

  • How to Hold Death and Carry Life: A Zen Master Explains Existence to a Child and Outlines the Three Essential Principles of Zen Mind #Philosophy #Zen #Buddhism

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    Aug 19, 2026

  • Moonlight and the Magic of the Unnecessary #Literature #Philosophy #Culture

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    Aug 19, 2026

  • How to Be a Sea: Albert Camus on Learning to Die and Learning to Live #Philosophy #Literature #Existentialism

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    Aug 18, 2026

  • The Bird in the Heart: Terry Tempest Williams on the Paradox of Transformation and How to Live with Uncertainty #Philosophy #Psychology #Literature

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    Aug 18, 2026

  • Georgia O'Keeffe on the Art of Seeing #Art #Creativity #Philosophy

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    Aug 18, 2026

  • Nature's Oldest Mandolin: The Poetic Science of How Cicadas Sing #Science #Nature #Insects

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    Aug 17, 2026

  • Wholeness and the Implicate Order: Physicist David Bohm on Bridging Consciousness and Reality #Philosophy #Science #Consciousness

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    Aug 17, 2026

  • The Art of Looking: Eleven Ways of Viewing the Multiple Realities of Our Everyday Wonderland #Art #Science #Psychology

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    Aug 16, 2026

  • How to Read the Signal of Your Life #Philosophy #SelfImprovement #Creativity

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    Aug 15, 2026

  • The Gentle Giant: Oliver Sacks and the Art of Choosing Empathy Over Vengeance #Empathy #Psychology #Literature

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    Aug 15, 2026

  • The Ocean and the Meaning of Life #Ocean #Philosophy #Life

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    Aug 15, 2026

  • How Love Comes to You #Love #Philosophy #Culture

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    Aug 14, 2026

  • Constellating Wonder: Celebrating 20 Years of The Marginalian (October 23, 2026) #Culture #Anniversary #Wonder

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    Aug 14, 2026

  • Arundhati Roy on the Deepest Measure of Success #Philosophy #Literature #Success

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    Aug 14, 2026

  • How Humanity Saved the Ginkgo #Science #History #Nature

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    Aug 13, 2026

  • The Measure of a Life Well Lived: Henry Miller on How to Grow Old and the Secret of Remaining Young at Heart #Philosophy #Psychology #Books

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    Aug 13, 2026

  • The Kiln and the Quantum of Relationships #Philosophy #Science #Psychology

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    Aug 13, 2026

  • Kurt Vonnegut's 8 Tenets of Storytelling #Writing #Literature #Creativity

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    Aug 12, 2026

  • J.R.R. Tolkien on Fairy Tales, Language, the Psychology of Fantasy, and Why There's No Such Thing as Writing "For Children" #Literature #Fantasy #Storytelling

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    Aug 11, 2026

  • The Story Behind Dylan Thomas's "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" and the Poet's Own Stirring Reading of His Masterpiece #Poetry #Literature #Culture

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    Aug 11, 2026

  • The Wisdom of Water: Alan Watts on the Ocean and the Meaning of Life #Philosophy #Wisdom #Water

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    Aug 10, 2026

  • Nick Cave on the Two Pillars of a Meaningful Life #Philosophy #Psychology #Creativity

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    Aug 10, 2026

  • Your Brain on Grief, Your Heart on Healing #Psychology #Neuroscience #Grief

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    Aug 10, 2026

  • Anaïs Nin on Why Emotional Excess is Essential to Creativity #Creativity #Writing #Philosophy

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    Aug 10, 2026

  • How to Be a Good Explorer on the Lifelong Expedition to Yourself #SelfDiscovery #Philosophy #Exploration

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    Aug 9, 2026

  • The Stoic Antidote to Frustration: Marcus Aurelius on How to Keep Your Mental Composure and Emotional Equanimity When People Let You Down #Philosophy #Stoicism #Psychology

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    Aug 9, 2026

  • Hannah Arendt on Love and How to Live with the Fundamental Fear of Loss #Philosophy #Love #Psychology

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    Aug 8, 2026

  • Swimming and the Meaning of Life #Philosophy #Books #Culture

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    Aug 8, 2026

  • Thank You, Everything: An Illustrated Love Letter to the World #Art #Illustration #Books

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    Aug 7, 2026

  • Yes to Life, in Spite of Everything: Viktor Frankl's Lost Lectures on Moving Beyond Optimism and Pessimism to Find the Deepest Source of Meaning #Philosophy #Psychology #Meaning

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    Aug 7, 2026

  • How to Hold What Harrows You #Poetry #MentalHealth #Inspiration

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    Aug 7, 2026

  • A Spell Against Stagnation: John O'Donohue on Beginnings #Philosophy #Beginnings #Creativity

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    Aug 6, 2026

  • The Only Three Distinctions Between People #Philosophy #Psychology #Culture

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    Aug 5, 2026

  • The Grasshopper and the "Lusory Attitude" Essential for Playing the Game of Life #Philosophy #Psychology #Culture

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    Aug 2, 2026

  • How to Hold the Darkness: Notes on Living Through Uncertainty #Philosophy #Psychology #Culture

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    Aug 2, 2026

  • Death and How to Be More Alive: Carl Jung on Immortality and the Rebirth of Middle Age #Philosophy #Psychology #Life

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