NY Times

When I Deleted My News Feed My Day Got Longer and Calmer

Inspired by Farhad Manjoo’s revelatory NY Times article, I deleted the news feed on my phone to see if I could “have what Manjoo was having”: more free time, and a clearer head.

We Found a Way to Be Rich By Doing Almost Nothing

We’ve found novelist Ann Patchett’s Times article My Year of No Shopping to be a potent catalyst for creating wealth.

Art Materials Can Be Weapons of Mass Destruction (Henry Taylor)

This image found in The New York Times’ T Magazine Holiday Issue speaks volumes on the radically transformative power of art.

Dangerous Curves: Pole Dancer Roslyn Mays’ Most Rebellious Heart

Our friend Merete Mueller’s documentary Dangerous Curves, featuring pole dancing powerhouse Roslyn Mays, was featured in the New York Times’ Op-Docs series. The film is truly a celebration of ‘a most rebellious heart’.

Clever Textile Ideas to DIY from a Restored Tuscan Convent

We found a number of simple ideas for textiles in photos of a former Tuscan convent restored by designer Holly Lueders and her daughter. Our favorites are this very do-able paneled bedskirt and a pillow cover fashioned like a gift.

Why Not Art in the Closet and On the Floor?

Bombarded by imagery all day at work, Sam Shadid, the renowned mastermind behind ads for Calvin Klein and Banana Republic, prefers an ultra-minimalist home with the feel of a luxe high-design hotel room. It was recently featured in a slideshow in The Times’ T Magazine. Although we find his sensibility crazy-austere, we LOVE a couple of…

Holiday Strategy?: Abundance Without Attachment

For those wondering how to navigate the lavishness and commercialization of Christmas, we recommend “Abundance without Attachment”, Arthur C. Brooks’ New York Times’ op-ed in which he tells of the three principles he’s learned for handling the painful contradictions of the season and of our aspirational era.

Embracing our Mortality to LIVE MAKE GROW

In a recent New York Times, 36-year-old Paul Kalanithi wrote How Long Have I Got Left about his diagnosis of terminal cancer, and coming to terms with his doctor’s inability to tell him how much time he had left. Kalanithi eloquently addresses how he learned to live aware of but NOT knowing, with the gravest of uncertainties, as did Stephan Girard.