What Makes a Person: The Seven Layers of Identity in Literature and Life
by Maria Popova “It is the intentions, the capacities for choice rather than the total configuration of traits which defines the...
by Maria Popova “It is the intentions, the capacities for choice rather than the total configuration of traits which defines the...
by Maria Popova “The whole process of nature is an integrated process of immense complexity, and it’s really impossible to tell whether...
By Olga Charami PANGAIO: A TALE OF AUTUMN Carpets of fiery red leaves, countless mushrooms and thick forests of beech and chestnut trees...
by Arianna Rebolini We recently asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to tell us what they love about their local independent...
Forty percent of global travelers worry about not being able to connect to Wi-Fi when traveling, according to research commissioned...
by Maria Popova A visual record of humanity’s most eternal fears and our immutable longing for grace, mercy, and the miraculous. In...
Despite the success of Abba movie and The Big Blue, film-makers have failed to flock to Greece. The PM wants to change that Nikos...
Children are losing the ability to hold a conversation because of their use of technology, the best-selling author of the Wimpy Kid...
By Emma Robertson Ms. Hall, would you say that movies and theater are a form of time travel? Yeah! Absolutely. The interesting thing...
by Maria Popova “It takes a special energy, over and above one’s creative potential, a special audacity or subversiveness, to strike out...
Central photo: Through an Empty Place (The Fox Emerging from Shadow), 2017. Stoneware, paint, wood. 47h x 67w x 12d in Through an Empty...
Botanical paper artist Kate Kato (previously) continues to use found and recycled paper to build intricate natural dioramas. A buzzing...
Once I couldn’t sleep until I’d read 30 pages of a novel. Now I watch the news until late Someone should write a history of reading in...
by Kate Sierzputowski Last published in 1978, The Wines of Gala is Salvador Dalí’s eccentric guide to wine grapes and their origin...
Photographer Stefan Draschan visits museums around Europe to see not just the artwork but the people observing the artwork. In his...
by Rae Ann Fera Central photo: Video games such as the first-person Firewatch are full of narrative depth and layers and are well-suited...