14. READ. LOOK. THINK.

READ.

• Now we are six: the hormone surge of middle childhood. I only subscribe to two New York Times RSS feeds, and absorb all the other interesting articles by osmosis. One is Modern Love. The other is the beautiful science writing of Natalie Angier.
• Ambiguous loss: on romantic finales without explanation.
• What is empathy? “If I am empathetic with you, do I feel your feelings, or do I only observe a colorless, abstract replica of your feelings?” | Literary Kicks

LOOK.

• “Only three rosebuds tall.”
• Layers. Beautiful works of collage | Keep Feeling Fascination
• The Ship Song Project: Australian artists perform Nick Cave’s song for the Sydney Opera House. Linking to this again, several months after its launch, because I watched it on my Qantas flight in Australia and spontaneously burst into tears | YouTube
• Recipe for mulling spices.
• Sunrise or sunset ring | The Golden Smith
• Look at this glorious meal.
• Screengrabs from Australian movie Somersault, 2004.

THINK.

• So who is good enough to get into Cambridge? Eavesdrop on people making decisions that will change lives | The Guardian
• Teen girls’ mystery illness now has a diagnosis: mass hysteria.
• George Lucas is ready to roll the credits. An incredible story of a genius whose ability to create has been chipped away at first by studios, then by – of all things – fanboys. See also: Why wasn’t I consulted, the fundamental question at the heart of much of the internet. Scraping together the drive to achieve something is hard enough without being taken down by armchair commentators. Poor George Lucas.
• …”would it be possible to write a style blog without indulging in the almost mandatory accompanying act of purchasing, and without ever mentioning wishlist items?” | 312
• See also: six orange carrot’s insightful take on Pinterest last year: “I actually think I can give up the buying of things so long as I can just pin them into my possession.”

LINKNESS.

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