Explore is edited by Maria Popova, the curator extraordinaire behind web sensation Brain Pickings. This blog pulls together old documents, quotations and beautiful pieces of graphic design. Popova is partial to posting motivational advice (this sounds cheesy, but it’s actually great) from a diverse group of celebrities like Thom Yorke, Jim Henson and Anaïs Nin. The blog is billed as a “discovery engine” for education startup Coursekit.
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