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Lori T.'s avatar

Great clip on Thiebaud. To hear a man 100 years old say "I don’t believe in the idea of success. When we surrender ourselves to that, I think we lost something special" is the fresh air I needed today. Keep going.

Emily Tamas's avatar

Okay, I am going to try spiraling out - even if it makes me feel just a "tiny little bit less anxious" then it is a hugely worthwhile thing to do. Thanks for sharing ☺️

Hatch Man's avatar

Follow your bliss’

Reuben's avatar

Austin - The spiral stuff is so good been doing it in my journal a bit and it is pretty therapeutic. Thanks for that!

Nicole Harkin's avatar

Great newsletter as always. Would love for you to name the translators of books you are reading. Without the translators we would have been left without the book in English. Great article about Olga's translator Jenny Croft: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/11/books/literary-translation-translators-jennifer-croft.html

Austin Kleon's avatar

I agree with you (I did name her last week, but I should’ve this time, too) https://austinkleon.substack.com/p/a-road-trip-q-and-a