Maria Popova
@themarginalian
Reader. Writer. Creator of The Marginalian (long ago named Brain Pickings). Author of #Figuring. Lover of trees. Petter of moss. Rider of a cobalt blue bicycle.
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Albert Schweitzer died on this day in 1965, having won the Nobel Peace Prize for his ethical-ecological philosophy of “Reverence for Life.” Unbeknownst to most, he also rescued Bach from academic obscurity and popularized his music in the modern world themarginalian.org/2021/08/21/cle…
What a joy to converse with one of my oldest friends Natascha McElhone about some of the oldest questions haunting humanity (how to bear our mortality, self vs. soul, existential yearning as a fulcrum of creativity) and their dialogue with our digital lives whereshallwemeet.xyz/2372295/156057…
"Very few people ever really are alive and those that are never die; no matter if they are gone. No one you love is ever dead." Hemingway's extraordinary letter to a couple who lost their son, crowned with his only overt reflection on the meaning of life themarginalian.org/2024/05/21/hem…