{"id":19150,"date":"2016-10-26T03:15:14","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T07:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=19150"},"modified":"2016-10-26T06:25:07","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T10:25:07","slug":"soul-school-lesson-55-quicksand-cynicism-homage-maria-popova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/soul-school-lesson-55-quicksand-cynicism-homage-maria-popova\/","title":{"rendered":"Soul School &#8211; Lesson 55: Quicksand of Cynicism (and a Homage to Maria Popova)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thank you for making Spark My Muse\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><i>possible.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=KVNWHBFV8MHF6\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18682 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/paypal-150x80.jpeg\" alt=\"paypal\" width=\"150\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/paypal-150x80.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/paypal-350x187.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/paypal-300x160.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/paypal-768x410.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/paypal-1024x546.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/paypal.jpeg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\nClick to give $5 or $10 dollars.<br \/>\nIt\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">t<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">akes only\u00a0a few\u00a0seconds.<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Congratulations to Maria Popova for 10 amazing years doing <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brainpickings.org\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Brain Pickings<\/span><\/a>\u2013a fantastic contribution to our common life.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">SHOWNOTES:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19152\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19152\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19152\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Popova-300x275.png\" alt=\"Maria Popova of Brain Pickings\" width=\"300\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Popova-300x275.png 300w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Popova-350x320.png 350w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Popova-150x137.png 150w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Popova.png 401w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maria Popova\u2013 founder\u00a0and curator of Brain Pickings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>AUDIO PLAYER:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.blubrry.com?podcast_id=18023571\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"138px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2FSSQuicksandofCyn.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Flisadelay.com%2Fblog%2Fsoul-school-lesson-55-quicksand-cynicism-homage-maria-popova%2F\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/content.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/SSQuicksandofCyn.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=19150-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/content.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/SSQuicksandofCyn.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"SSQuicksandofCyn.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 15:55 &#8212; 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