A glass-half-full story to begin the week. In 2018, Psychological Science published a study: “The Liking Gap in Conversations: Do People Like Us More Than We Think?” The answer to this question, it turned out, was almost always a resounding yes. bit.ly/45sMxsq

Here's a thought: "Do not believe in any idea that was not born in the open air." Great ideas don’t just happen in armchairs. From Aristotle to Nietzsche, philosophers have long done their best thinking on foot. bit.ly/3Uy6BDz

In Issue Fifty-Six, Brandon Jew, chef and founder of San Francisco’s Mister Jiu’s, shares a summer recipe for Glass Noodles with Corn, Crab and Cilantro 🌽🦀🌿 bit.ly/4mikGRJ

Prints often date a garment. At KNWLS, designer Harriet Cox treats textiles not as artifacts, but as stories to be lived in. “I want to create something people will treasure and grow with over time.” bit.ly/3JxzayH

For Issue Fifty-Six, we explore the paradox of cultivating community: We want the peace of belonging, but itchy feet undermine our ability to put in the hours. bit.ly/3HL0bya

"I’ve always tried to write for as long as possible without knowing what the book is about, until an inflection point where I start to need to know." Writer Sheila Heti on her creative process in Issue Fifty-Six. bit.ly/4ncK4Zm

The Friendship Issue is here! 💞 Featuring conversations with psychotherapist Orna Guralnik (Couples Therapy), author Ottessa Moshfegh and chef Samin Nosrat. Plus: a mid-century home in Hawai‘i, a textile house in Kyoto, and the London studio of Barber Osgerby. On sale now.

"It’s Ottessa, bitch” is the Substack of novelist Ottessa Moshfegh—our fall double cover star. The author started posting last year while writing her next novel: “It pushes me to be more aware of the smaller moments in my life... The scope of my existence has changed so much.”

Ottessa Moshfegh can't write her new novel, about a teen in the UK, when she's in CA. “I have to be away from the world I’ve built for myself to see this other one clearly.” Instead, she's reconnecting with her inner teen. "Being a teenager is intense. I don’t miss it.”

Some friendships develop their own dress codes. See our latest fashion editorial, Common Threads, in The Friendship Issue—out now.⁠ bit.ly/488fJqs

Two decades after they met at art school in Accra, Amoako Boafo and his friends are shaping the future of contemporary art while maintaining their tight-knit group. “To grow and evolve, there must be competition. You need people around you who push you.” bit.ly/4mf0JL1

Musicians Buddy Ross and Kelly Zutrau live on opposite coasts, but in the studio their rhythms align. “When we work, it’s a very safe space, and an environment of respect and admiration for each other. It’s been a breakthrough for me—our relationship." bit.ly/46xCenp

In the Friendship Issue, University of Oxford professor Robin Dunbar tells us: "The single best predictor of our mental health and well-being—and our physical health and well-being—is the number and quality of close friendships we have." bit.ly/42zcnJs

Have you found the apple of your eye? Issue Fifty-Seven celebrates the power of platonic love. bit.ly/3VX8F8O

In Issue Fifty-Seven, we visit Ren MacDonald-Balasia’s—the celebrated artist behind floral design studio Renko—Hawai‘i hideaway, which features almost no exterior walls. "People didn’t like the idea that there were no walls. Most people still don’t.” bit.ly/426pEsV

In the latest issue, we speak with Orna Guralnik, the star psychoanalyst of Showtime’s Couples Therapy. “People create this invisible wall around their tiny unit of a couple or a family and forget their communal belonging. And that’s a shame.” bit.ly/4nXK53v

In The Friendship Issue, we thought we'd offer our readers a little friendly advice—like how to introduce friends and how to form deep friendships. bit.ly/475uoSi

From the Loop Table to the 2012 Olympic torch, Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby have left their mark on the design world. The secret? A solid friendship. “When you build something together from the start, it’s not about ego—it’s about making great work.” bit.ly/4nGZtSp

In Issue Fifty-Seven, curiosity gets the best of writer Haley Mlotek. "I’d like to know why every passenger is on my flight. Why are they all sitting in neat rows alongside me? Did they decide impulsively that they needed to get away? Are they connecting?" bit.ly/4h1aQSB

In Kyoto, the looms of textile company Hosoo hum to an older rhythm. “We are based on a tradition of weaving that was pursued without regard for cost or production efficiency,” says 12th-generation head Masataka Hosoo. “Beauty was the only objective.”⁠ bit.ly/3KNCoip