Henry David Thoreau threw down the gauntlet in the summer of 1854, and Walden is more relevant than ever. To Live Deliberately is our visual re-imagining of Thoreau's best-known essay, Where I Lived and What I Lived For.
Accompanied by 30 illustrations, the essay challenges the trappings of modern living and embraces an ascetic rejection of material excess and social distractions in exchange for a reconnection with nature as a path to self-discovery.
The ideas, art, and inspiration behind what we're making
No one has ever accused Dostoevsky of pulling his punches. When it comes to life’s struggles, he goes right for the jugular. This makes him something of a bummer when life is going well, but truly invaluable when things get tough. ...
I recently noticed something about bad days. If you check all of the items off your to-do list, it makes no difference whether you did so miserably or with equanimity. The report was written, the project was completed, the dishes...
In the face of an overwhelming, infuriating, almost-paralyzing array of unanswerable philosophical questions, stoicism starts with the most pragmatic one.What can we actually control? Our judgments, choices, intentions, virtues, efforts, and our focus. What can’t we control? Bad fortunes, when and...
