Tag Archives: "imagination"

This morning, I had a very strong yet puzzling emotional experience, and I realized that I’ve felt before. I wish there were some wonderful term for this (perhaps there is, in German or Japanese). I was reading a description of someone, and it said, “He lives with his wife and children on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.” As I … →

“Once in those very early days my brother brought into the nursery the lid of a biscuit tin which he had covered with moss and garnished with twigs and flowers so as to make it a toy garden or a toy forest. That was the first beauty I ever knew. What the real garden had failed to do, the toy … →

Happiness interview: Paul Bloom. I recently read Paul Bloom’s new book, How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like. It’s an absolutely fascinating look at pleasure and why we feel it. The relationship between pleasure and happiness — what it ought to be, and what it actually is – is one of the most complex … →