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From a blog post of Austin Kelon [https://austinkleon.com/2021/03/30/a-certain-souvenir-made-in-gratitude/]. > [Vincent Van Goth] was fond of that word, “souvenir,” and used it for many of his works. It’s worth remembering that the word comes from the Old French word meaning memory, or “to recall,

> I do love a man who contains multitudes… especially multitudes who hate each other. What a great line from this post by Austin Kleon [https://austinkleon.com/2021/04/20/a-book-of-words/].

This was in a blog post from James A. Reeves [https://atlasminor.com/some-terrible-paintings/]. I read it and literally laughed out loud at my phone screen. > This morning I received a marketing email for a meditation app from someone whose job title is “Editor of Wisdom Content.” Now I

Reading an interview on 8 sided blog [https://8sided.blog/31-james-a-reeves/] with the artist James A. Reeves [https://atlasminor.com/]. > I’m fascinated by the future of faith. As the world gets weirder, this will create a vacuum for new gods, cults, and dogma. So what do I make

I subscribe to the New York Times The Morning email newsletter [https://www.nytimes.com/series/us-morning-briefing]. On 4/19/21 the newsletter [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/briefing/european-soccer-league-mars-helicopter-navalny.html] had this great bit in it: > Guido Calabresi, a federal judge and Yale law professor, invented