a magpie mind

Ali Smith on reading physical books.

She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted.

Stunning Tokachi river ice in Japan.

An Instagram curating gorgeous abstract vignettes from The Simpsons.

How to resist a state of forgetfulness - John Berger (Brick Magazine)

Sometimes you change your mind about a writer. Perhaps, when you first read them you were only pretending to admire what you’d been told to admire. But also your tastes change. For instance, at 25 I was more open to writers telling me how to live and how to think; by 65 I had come to dislike didacticism.

The perfect pick-me-up and she can sing!

For all those budding (and easily disheartened) authors.

SYLVIA: A PERFUME INSPIRED BY THE BELL JAR

Yahdon Israel ~ Why Hardcover is the New Vinyl  (Lithub)

On literary friendships throughout history. 

When yellow is red-hot.

Writing can also be beautiful because of the choice of punctuation.

This crossing. That umbrella. That manhole cover. <3

Elena Ferrante