What I'm Reading

Learning to Let Go: First, Turn off the Phone [The New York Times]

With a Click, a Meal and a Story [The New York Times]

Learning to Let Go: First, Turn off the Phone [The New York Times]

With a Click, a Meal and a Story [The New York Times]

The Science of Our Optimism Bias and the Life-Cycle of Happiness [brain pickings]

Exercise and the Ever-Smarter Human Brain [The New York Times]

San Diego hires protest artist to design opera posters [artsJournalblogs]

Chuck Close on Creativity, Work Ethic, and Problem-Solving vs. Problem-Creating [brain pickings]

Put Down the iPad, Lace Up the Hiking Boots [Pacific Standard]

How to Find Your Purpose and Do What You Love [brain pickings]

Posthumous: Jeffrey Eugenides' advice to young writers [The New Yorker]

The Best of Open Culture 2012: Free Music, Film, Books, Life Advice & More [Open Culture]

Dave Hickey's Politics of Beauty [The Chronicle Review]

The Audience as Art Movement: Ann Hamilton at the Park Avenue Armory [The New York Times]

9 Beliefs of Highly Ineffective People [Marc and Angel Hack Life]

Can Forgiveness Play a Role in Criminal Justice? [The New York Times]

"These are all the awful parts of me": 10 lessons for creatives from Lena Dunham [Nextness]

Be Wrong as Fast as You Can [The New York Times]

The Art of Self-Surveillance [On The Media]