![]() ![]() I feel like I say “that sparks joy,” at least once a day… it was so interesting to learn more about why! Joyful Book Review ![]() Harmony, play, surprise, transcendence… etc. Why round things make us joyful, why symmetry is so pleasing to the eye, etc. I have always been really interested in design but have no background in it so what I liked about this book was that it taught me a lot behind WHY we derive joy from the things that make us happy. ![]() (And once I sat down and read it, it also took me a while to finish… I went into full nerd mode and was underlining and highlighting and taking notes and googling all of the different artist and architect references she made. I ordered it in 2019 but for whatever reason it hung out in my TBR pile for way too long… it took me a while to sit down and read it. My sister had been singing its praises (and Ingrid’s… she’s a fun follow on Instagram – she also has a blog called The Aesthetics of Joy). ![]() I talked about it on the pod and in January’s reading list but I wanted to write a longer post about it. It is all about (in Fetell Lee’s words), the surprising power of ordinary things to create extraordinary happiness. Joyful, by author and designer Ingrid Fetell Lee, is one of the best, most interesting and helpful books I read all year. ![]()
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