Megan Power

Born to be Good by Dacher Keltner

"Human history, Glover contends, can be thought of as a contest between cruelty and compassion."

Labov's 6 Basic Elements of Storytelling

Classifying and delineating story patterns is a vast field of study, but one of the most influential theories was written in 1972 by socioli...
Birkhoff's Formula for Aesthetic Measure

Paul Octavious' s 51 books on love Mathematician George David Birkhoff (1884–1944) had a keen interest in aesthetics - ...
Rob Pruitt's "101 Art Ideas You Can Do Yourself"

This conceptual art installation currently lives in Venice at the Palazzo Grassi. It's exquisite to read. Rob Pruitt is a New York art...
Interviews with Francis Bacon by David Sylvester

"But, after all, the only thing that makes anybody interesting is their dedication, and when there was religion they could at least b...
Plasma by Barrett Watten (1979)

Plasma by Barrett Watten A paradox is eaten by the space around it. I’ll repeat what I said. To make a city into a season is to wear ...