13. READ. LOOK. THINK.

The first READ.LOOK.THINK of 2012.

READ.

• On the jumper of sadness | Jean Hannah Edelstein
• Physics, miracles, and witchcraft: 50 years of “A Wrinkle in Time.”
• “If I stop believing, I know I won’t have a book at the end of this.” The Revision Chronicles.
• Natalie Smith’s new blog, magic surrounds.
• How to write a book | Meg Rosoff
• An old obituary of Australian artist Rosalie Gascoigne, who began her artistic career age 58 | The Independent
• Lady into Fox, a short story by David Garnett
• “Hello, I Love You” or “Why Fashion Blogging Smells Like Raw Fish” | Hipster Musings?
• “…fortunately, my husband likes grey hair. He’s ninety-seven.” Iris Apfel | Into The Gloss
• The Powerpoint chapter from Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Good Squad is on Slideshare.

LOOK.

• Reckless (1983) by Australian Crawl. We sang this about five times a day in Sydney. “As the Manly ferry…”
• Patti Smith cries at First Aid Kit’s version of Dancing Barefoot
• Patti Smith sings to her cat.
• Chris Kelly’s Columbia School Portraits, 1996. “My name is Jamal. I go to Columbia School and I am eight years old. I enjoy reading and art and the new book bags. I am special because there are no other people like me.” | Spitalfields Life
• One morning last week | the blue hour
• The light up there | youngna park

THINK.

• What should medicine do when it can’t save your life? And: How doctors die.
• When you are poor, you substitute time for money and it costs you a lot | blue milk
• The medium chill (revisited this article that had an effect on me last year) | Grist
• Why goals don’t bring satisfaction.

LINKNESS.

• My wrap up of the week’s top strategy + creativity + marketing reads on Nextness.