Happy Friday,
This week has been a sabbatical week for me, and I’ve enjoyed having the extra time to ease back into the swing of my weekly routine. It’s a “Gentle January” over here, for sure.
Here are the best articles and essays from around the Internet this week:
“I’ve found [photography] has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.” A delightful photo essay describing the joys of being always ready to make a photograph.
Consider: Rest is a sacred concept. This piece occupies a sort of middle ground between the theories of Josef Pieper’s Leisure: The Basis of Culture and Jenny Odell’s How to do Nothing, somewhere between the religious iterations of rest and the modern humanistic interpretations of how capitalism trivializes the same. It’s a good reminder that rest often doesn’t look like anything, but remains vital to our minds and bodies.
These fourteen famous books were published posthumously. How many can you guess before reading?
The Chicago Tribune‘s book columnist tells us what he loves about books.
“Writing is not just a way to convey ideas, but also a way to have them.” In the wake of ChatGPT’s arrival, Paul Graham shares one reason reading and writing matter for the human mind.
Have a great weekend.
Currently reading: The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis
Image: Croegaert, Georges. Taking Tea, 1848 – 1923.
