Weekend Reading

Jun 28, 2024

You Might Be a Late Bloomer by David Brooks
- “Things began to turn around in 1895, when, at the age of 56, Cézanne had his first one-man show. Two years later, one of his paintings was purchased by a museum in Berlin, the first time any museum had shown that kind of interest in his work. By the time he was 60, his paintings had started selling, though for much lower prices than those fetched by Manet or Renoir. Soon he was famous, revered. Fellow artists made pilgrimages to watch him work…”
Quiet Compounding by Morgan Housel
- “Imagine if, after your first date with a partner, you had to make every phone call, every text, every conversation with that person public on social media. Or even just with a small group of friends and family. You know what would happen: People would tell you you’re doing this wrong, you’re doing that too much, you should say more of this and less of that, on and on. You’d be so embarrassed, nervous, and influenced by other people’s goals and different personalities that you wouldn’t be you. None of the relationships would work…”
Larry David’s reasons for aggrievement by Carla Meyer
- “Larry David had extraordinary runs with both “Seinfeld” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” the latter of which concluded its run this year. Yet you would never know it from David’s measly Emmy count…”

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