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theatlantic: “This is how Maurice Sendak sometimes sent his letters. Just imagine getting one.” (via Letters Of Note)
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newyorker: Revisit Cynthia Zarin’s 2006 profile of Maurice Sendak: http://nyr.kr/IYFZBI. Also see “Max at Sea,” our excerpt from Dave Eggers’s “Where the Wild Things Are” novel: http://nyr.kr/K8HgZa
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Live your Life. Live your Life. Live your Life. Maurice Sendak has died. We’re changing the entire show today to remember him. This quote is from his most recent Fresh Air appearance last year. (via nprfreshair)
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I have nothing now but praise for my life. I’m not unhappy. I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can’t stop them. They leave me and I love them more. … What I dread is the isolation. … There are so many beautiful things in the world which I will…
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Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my children’s letters — sometimes very hastily — but this one I lingered over. I sent him a card and I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it. I wrote, “Dear Jim:…
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Maurice Sendak 1928 – 2012
kuvva: Maurice Sendak, notably known for this iconic children’s book from 1963, ‘Where The Wild Things Are’, died today at the age of 83. A man that will be sorely missed and reminds many of us about the wild adventures of mischief Max in his wolf costume and his fierce-looking monster-friends.
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How to Think Critically: A Guide?
modernandmaterialthings: I’ve recently been given an interesting (and challenging) task at work: create a training program that teaches people how to think critically about research, data, consumer insights and media strategy. The idea is that this program would be used as a kind of directional guide to help people evaluate the research they use at…
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You know the economy is bad when…
underpaidgenius: people are willing to pay $99 for a resume template. Using a template to stand out from the herd of other job seekers is counter intuitive, too.
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blech: Oyster Card signed by William Gibson at the Zero History blog.
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austinkleon: John Baldessari’s list of “assignments” for his CalArts class, 1970 When Baldessari was first getting started, CalArts wasn’t much of a name yet, and it was kind of a hippie school without grades or a curriculum or much structure — Baldessari started teaching there before he became “one of the top conceptual artists in…