🧩 Philosophy 1d ago · Maria Popova

Vincent van Gogh on Fear, Taking Risks, and How Inspired Mistakes Propel Us Forward

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Vincent van Gogh on Fear, Taking Risks, and How Inspired Mistakes Propel Us Forward
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“However meaningless and vain, however dead life appears, the man of faith, of energy, of warmth… steps in and does something.”

During our recent conversation at the Boston Book Festival, the wise and wonderful Amanda Palmer spoke about the harrowing experience of watching her best friend die and reflected: “Everyone in this room is going to be gone pretty quickly — and we will have either made something or not made something. The artists that inspire me are the on

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