Wintry mix

In this week's newsletter: the poetry of winter, library tourism, and how art and kids are very similar...

In this week's newsletter: wintry poetry, library tourism, and how art and kids are very similar... View this email in your browser Hey y'all, Here are 10 things I thought were worth sharing this week:  My family and I are spending the winter up on Lake Erie, so I'm reading Thoreau's journal, and thinking about the seasons, and learning to love the winter like Thoreau did.    I'm also reading the wintry poems in Tomas Tranströmer's The Deleted World. (I love this video of Tranströmer playing the piano.)   A searchable database of over 200k Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints. (My pal Adam Norwood recommends a search for "ghost.")   The bad news: Alan Jacobs (author of some of my favorite books, The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction and How To Think) has left Twitter for good. The good news: he started a newsletter. (Actually, it's all good news, since everyone should probably leave Twitter.)   Remember how I wrote about my love for library tourism? Here's a crowdsourced Lonely Planet for libraries.   Artist John T. Unger (he's quoted in both Show Your Work! AND Keep Going) is Kickstartering his wonderful anatomical mosaics — rewards include actual rubies (for only $25!) and life-size prints.   I've been battling some nasty crud, so I need to make a few more gallons of Sonia Harris's ginger, lemon and maple syrup tea. (You may remember her excellent NSFW Swearing Patterns from a previous newsletter. They would make delightful holiday gifts for the lover of profanity.)    Ear candy: The wind blowing on Mars. (I listened to it on the Sony noise-cancelling headphones recommended by The Wirecutter. My wife bought me a pair a few months ago they are probably my favorite headphones ever. [Protip: I saw them for $179 at Costco.] Added to The 2018 Kleon Holiday Gift Guide!)   Eye candy: My friend Lance keeps recommending A Christmas Movie A Day.   Being a parent is like being an artist.  Thanks for reading! If you like this newsletter and want to support it, forward it to a friend, tweet me some love, or best of all, buy a book. If you're seeing this newsletter for the first time, you can subscribe here. xoxo,  Austin Austin Kleon is the author of Steal Like An Artist and other books. Subscribe to this newsletter   Copyright © 2018 Austin Kleon, All rights reserved. My mailing address is: Austin Kleon 4301 W. William Cannon Dr. Suite B 150 #241 Austin, TX 78749 You're getting this email because you signed up for it at austinkleon.com. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. Amazon Affiliate links offset the cost of sending these missives. (And pay for diapers.)