Megan Power

The Descent of Man by Grayson Perry

"The philosopher Julian Baggini wrote that 'I is a verb masquerading as a noun.'"

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 - ...
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...
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...
Don't Be a Stranger by Susan Minot

"Songs are easy, he said. I mean on the page. That's hard. Then you're a writer, she said. A writer is someone who finds writin...