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Against Self-Criticism – fascinating read on how our internal critics enslave us and how to break free of the Stockholm syndrome of the superego https://t.co/GVuMpKyS2i
Elizabeth Blackwell is 29. The year is 1736. Her husband is in debtor’s prison and she has a small child to feed at home. What does she do? She turns desperation into inspiration, learning botany and painting an exquisite encyclopedia of medicinal plants https://t.co/QmWdejsYL1
The Moral of Flowers – an illustrated Victorian encyclopedia of lyrical lessons from the garden by poet and naturalist Rebecca Hey https://t.co/iLHZp0KLDL
Elizabeth Blackwell is 29. The year is 1736. Her husband is in debtor’s prison and she has a small child to feed at home. What does she do? She turns desperation into inspiration, learning botany and painting an exquisite encyclopedia of medicinal plants: https://t.co/QmWdejbnmr
A Curious Herbal – gorgeous illustrations from Elizabeth Blackwell's 18th-century encyclopedia of medicinal botany https://t.co/QmWdejsYL1
Stunning drawings of seaweed from a book by the self-taught Victorian marine biologist Margaret Gatty – the tenderness of feathers meets the grandeur of trees in the otherworldly life-forms that offered an unexpected entry point for women in science https://t.co/QXZ7ulkFY9
Auden on how to be a good reader https://t.co/M6fx0urVRb
To Paint Is to Love Again – Henry Miller, born on this day in 1891, on art and why good friends are essential for creative work https://t.co/K9gScsu9E2
The author of “The Little Prince” – one of the most beloved "children's" books of all time, but it is really a work of philosophy and deeply poetic insight into our human experience – on what the Sahara Desert taught him about the meaning of life https://t.co/jyAhGEBrv6
On Oscar Wilde's birthday, rare and soulful 1984 illustrations for "The Selfish Giant" – his timeless elegy for kindness – by artist Lisbeth Zwerger https://t.co/ecBBrOPj1X