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The Orange and the Egg

This made me happy. Then sad.

This is a page from The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Visual Micro-Tales of Our Shared Humanity.

via Brain Pickings

November 22, 2012October 7, 2014 by Jonathan Frei
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Unusual Words Rendered in Bold Graphics

Unusual Words Rendered in Bold Graphics

Pictures help you learn words in new languages, but can they help you learn the meanings of words in English? Could they help remeber the meaning of words like Acersecomic, Biblioclasm, or Cacodemonomania? They help, but it’s still not easy.

August 4, 2012 by Jonathan Frei
Posted in BlogTagged brain pickings, graphic design, Language, Maria Popova, vocabLeave a Comment on Unusual Words Rendered in Bold Graphics

Unusual Words Rendered in Bold Graphics

Unusual Words Rendered in Bold Graphics

Pictures help you learn words in new languages, but can they help you learn the meanings of words in English? Could they help remeber the meaning of words like Acersecomic, Biblioclasm, or Cacodemonomania? They help, but it’s still not easy.

August 4, 2012 by Jonathan Frei
Posted in BlogTagged brain pickings, graphic design, Language, Maria Popova, vocabLeave a Comment on Unusual Words Rendered in Bold Graphics
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