Signal A Running Record of Findings from the Internet / August 2, 2026

Enchantment and the Courage of Joy: René Magritte on the Antidote to the Banality of Pessimism

Maria Popova revisits Magritte's insistence that joy and enchantment aren't naive escapism but a deliberate, clear-eyed act of resistance against a culture that mistakes despair for depth.

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René Magritte, The Lovers II (1928)
René Magritte, The Lovers II (1928)
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