Virginia Woolf on Why She Became a Writer (via Brain Pickings)

Illustration by Emily Hughes from Little Gardener Source: Virginia Woolf on Why She Became a Writer and the Shock-Receiving Capacity Necessary for Being an Artist – Brain Pickings I found this by way of reading an article that quoted this one. I find it to be a very delicate, yet devastating, but also humbling and …

A Text about Dying (German): Das Sterben zu verstehen, kann Ängste nehmen (via ZEIT | ONLINE) // trigger warning

Beim Sterben verändert sich unser Körper, die Atmung, der Blutkreislauf, das Bewusstsein. Wie genau, erklärt dieser Text, den wir am Karfreitag erneut zeigen. Source: Tod: Das Sterben zu verstehen, kann Ängste nehmen | ZEIT ONLINE As usual, I'm not sure how much meaning gets lost in translation when employing Google's Translation Service. At the risk of …