A dozen articles chosen especially to spark your creativity this weekend.

• Disclaimer: some very inappropriate stuff here, but the rest of it is so funny I couldn’t not share. Original ideas.
• The case for reading books you might find objectionable.
• How public libraries are becoming true community centers. It can happen in your town. Make it so!
• Oh, the satisfaction of finishing a quilt you started a long time ago—and a pretty quilt at that!
• Write short stories like Kurt Vonnegut.
• Spectacular quilts.
• I love this artist’s Instagram page. She posts some in-progress videos that are mesmerizing to watch.
• Architectural photography.
• Love stories. I wanted to save these for next Valentine’s Day, but I’d probably forget, so you’re getting them now. You’re welcome.
• This sketch artist draws portraits of people in recovery and surrounds them with their stories.
• What’s special about Ukraine?
• Van Dyck’s portraits and the clothing of his subjects.