Maria Popova: Books are the Original Internet

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February 17, 2019 a project of ServiceSpace We are always interested in the flower, but not the tedium of the blossoming. But that process from bud to blossom is when things really happen. - Maria Popova - Maria Popova: Books are the Original Internet Maria Popova is a Bulgarian-born writer, blogger, literary and cultural critic living in Brooklyn, New York. She writes Brain Pickings, a blog she calls "my one-woman labor of love." In this interview by Oscar Schwartz, she says "Books are the original internet." Schwarts calls her "switched on, irresistibly articulate, fully engaged...She talks about complex ideas in a way that transforms them into something I want to talk about with my friends. She makes big concepts relevant." { read more } Be The Change Popova says of her blog, "I post the ideas that reflect what I'm interested in, that augment how I see the world. I see myself as recording the process of my own education rather than sharing ideas." Why not begin to "record" your own thoughts by forming a conversation group with your friends about things that matter to you? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Anne Lamott Writes Down Every Single Thing She Knows People Helped You Whether You Knew It Or Not The Axis & the Sycamore Life is the Network Not the Self Mary Oliver: Instructions for Living A Life Last Lecture 7 Simple Ways to Cultivate Comfort Mark Nepo: Where To Now? DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 244,786 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More