Brain pickings

“If those whom we begin to love could know us as we were before meeting them … they could perceive what they have made of us.”

The world’s most famous neurologist believed that every patient had a story worth hearing. Norman Doidge explores the legacy of Oliver Sacks, whose work and life remind us that humanity belongs at the heart of medicine

“Nothing is mysterious, no human relation. Except love.” Artist Wendy MacNaughton captures Sontag’s most private meditations on love.

How to think like Sherlock Holmes, make better mistakes, master the pace of productivity, find fulfilling work, stay sane, and more.

“There is hardly any activity, any enterprise, which is started with such tremendous hopes and expectations, and yet, which fails so regularly, as love.”

Meghan Daum discusses her personal essay "Difference Maker," as well as her writing career and marriage, and how they intersect.

“We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.”

“The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time.”

I’ve been wondering a lot about listening. I am currently in the very rare position of being home for a while – recovering from surgery. My head has been too foggy to do much reading or viewing…so I have turned to podcasts to pass the time. I am a huge fan of the podcast already but have been very g

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