Each time we have tried to elevate ourselves above the other animals by claiming singular possession of some faculty, we have been humbled otherwise: Language, it turns out, is not ours alone, no...
https://www.themarginalian.org/2024/02/13/maira-kalman-still-life-with-remorse/
"There can never be enough time. And you can never hold on to it."
https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/10/26/women-holding-things-maira-kalman/
Wisdom on the elementary particles of our shared humanity from Alain de Botton, Brené Brown, Elizabeth Alexander, and other visionaries across the spectrum of the creative life.
https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/02/22/why-design-matters/
"Mingle the starlight with your lives, and you won't be fretted by trifles."
https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/02/18/achieving-perspective/
From the river to the Milky Way, by way of trees, geese, and unsung heroes.
https://www.themarginalian.org/2021/12/19/best-childrens-books-2021/
"You will look at everything. And everything is really quite beautiful. Quite."
https://www.themarginalian.org/2021/06/22/maira-kalman-darling-baby/
Audre Lorde, Keith Haring, Bruce Lee, chance, love, black holes, constraint as a catalyst of creativity, and a whisper of Whitman.
https://www.themarginalian.org/2020/12/19/favorite-books-2020/
A painted dance in praise of the best we can do.
https://www.themarginalian.org/2020/11/29/american-utopia-maira-kalman-david-byrne/
"This is a love story. You know. How two people, joined together, become themselves."
https://www.themarginalian.org/2020/08/28/maira-kalman-the-autobiography-of-alice-b-toklas/
An evening of poems celebrating science, read by beloved artists, writers, scientists, and musicians.
https://www.themarginalian.org/2019/04/02/universe-in-verse-2018/
A "new" Maurice Sendak treasure, James Baldwin's only children's book, a celebration of history's heroic women illustrated by Maira Kalman, a stunning serenade to the wilderness, and more.
https://www.themarginalian.org/2018/12/18/best-childrens-books-2018/
150 years of culture-shifting bravery, tenacity, and visionary insurgence to inspire the next generation of leaders.
https://www.themarginalian.org/2018/12/13/bold-and-brave-gillibrand-kalman/
A labor of love 8 years in the making, featuring contributions by Jane Goodall, Yo-Yo Ma, Jacqueline Woodson, Ursula K. Le Guin, Mary Oliver, Neil Gaiman, Amanda Palmer, Rebecca Solnit, Elizabeth...
https://www.themarginalian.org/2018/11/20/a-velocity-of-being-letters-to-a-young-reader/
A dreamlike meditation on our elemental companion.
https://www.themarginalian.org/2016/12/01/weather-weather-maira-kalman-daniel-handler-moma/
"Diversity fills the city with cartographic potential... New York belongs to everyone, and maps prove it."
https://www.themarginalian.org/2016/11/30/you-are-here-nyc-mapping-the-soul-of-the-city/
Rewarding reflections on time, love, loss, courage, creativity, and other transformations of the heart.
Urban dogs, underworld dragons, the unseen Peanuts, and every living person in New York.
https://www.themarginalian.org/2015/12/08/best-art-books-2015/
"Dogs ... are constant reminders that life reveals the best of itself when we live fully in the moment and extend our unconditional love."
https://www.themarginalian.org/2015/10/29/beloved-dog-maira-kalman/
"It feels so good to go someplace. Except when you want to stay right there where you are."
https://www.themarginalian.org/2015/04/07/hurry-up-and-wait-daniel-handler-maira-kalman/
Stimulating, ennobling, deeply human conversations with Maira Kalman, Seth Godin, Dani Shapiro, Malcolm Gladwell, Chris Ware, Shepard Fairey, and more.
https://www.themarginalian.org/2015/02/04/design-matters-debbie-millman-10/