Friday Links

1. “Rice pudding ought to be immaculate and profound, like a very deep, very cold swimming-pond in the middle of an unworked field.” Well, now I need to make rice pudding.

 

2. An interview with a 97-year-old artist:

I’m gobsmacked by how he knows where everything is in this gloriously cluttered artistic house, how he can quickly turn to the right page in an academic textbook to illustrate his point. Is the daily painting what’s kept him so sharp?

“Partly,” he says. “I think anyone who is creative is more likely to live longer.”

 

3. The pacing on this 2.5 minute story is god-level:

@clarkejaxtonmotorbike My dad got banned from Olive Garden #familystorytime #fyp #synthtok #olivegarden ♬ original sound – Clarke Jaxton Motorbike