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Should you keep playing your hit song?

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Itty-Bitty Signs and Portals by Michael Pederson Reimagine Everyday Urban Details

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Pioneering Psychiatrist Donald Winnicott on the Qualities of a Healthy Mind and a Healthy Relationship

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How to Stop Waiting and Start Living: A Jolt from Henry James

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Seneca on Grief and the Key to Resilience in the Face of Loss: An Extraordinary Letter to His Mother

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The de Sades Among Us

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Brown rice and status

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South Africa Pulls Out of Venice Biennale

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The US Department of Hate

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10 Art Shows to See in DC This Spring

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A Cold Plunge Into Glenn Ligon’s Blue

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An Introduction to Outsider Artist Henry Darger and His...

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Itamar Gov Draws on History and Legend for ‘The Rhinoceros in the Room’

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The Greek Mythology Family Tree, Explained

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The Color Game . “Humans can’t reliably...

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Hunting for the World’s Most Mythical Cannabis: Big Sur Holy Weed

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How Punch the Monkey Captured the Hearts of Artists

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Squeak Carnwath Paints Her Own Path

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How Do You Know That You Love Somebody? Philosopher Martha Nussbaum’s Incompleteness Theorem of the Heart’s Truth, from Plato to Proust

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Some of the best drone shots from the 2026 Winter...

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From the Labor Camp to the Literary Canon: How Dostoyevsky Became a Writer

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A Quilted Ice Hut on a Minnesota Lake Celebrates Community, Agriculture, and Craft

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‘Viking’ was a job description, not a matter...

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‘Fill It With Reality’

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Loop

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Inside the Havana School for Cuban Circus Performers

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Rattlesnakes at My Door

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Mitchell Johnson’s Personal Color at Galerie Mercier in Paris

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An app called NonUSA is surging in popularity in Denmark...

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The Trump regime is still deporting people to wherever...

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Walt Whitman’s Advice on Living a Vibrant and Rewarding Life

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“I am slowly coming around to a theory on the new...

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Eating Challenges Are All the Rage. But When Was the Last Time You Saw Someone Eat a Mutton Shoulder Bone?

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Epstein in the Shadow of de Sade

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Going-against-the-grainers

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A Tour Inside the Chelsea Hotel: Once Home to Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Leonard Cohen & More

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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

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“Hide competitive stats”

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How the Golden Gate Bridge Was Built: A 3D Animated Introduction

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The Color of Wonder and the Chemical Code of Creation

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The Trial of Gisèle Pelicot’s Rapists United...

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When Coyotes Threatened Livestock on Central Texas Ranches, the Solution Was to Unlock an Ancient Ability in Dogs

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How the Great Zen Master and Peace Activist Thich Nhat Hanh Found Himself and Lost His Self in a Library Epiphany

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Watch How Ancient Egyptians Carved Hieroglyphs

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An appreciation of Flickr’s URL structure ....

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Aunia Kahn’s Lush Portraits Depict a Playful Inner Landscape

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Toy Story 5 joins the fight against screentime for kids...

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Art Movements: Marilyn Minter Wins Again

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Marigold Santos Takes Root

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Keeping a Critical Eye on the Art World With Damien Davis

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