Getty

Body Content Feel one with the cosmos as you explore your place in time and space inspired by a 15th-century astrological diagram found in an unusual manuscript. Featuring a collection of diverse texts, this manuscript, called a miscellany, includes writings on medicine as well as magical practices, astronomy, and astrology. We focus the episode on a page about the astrological qualities of Mondays, or the moon’s day.

What goes best with surfing-related stories, besides sun, sea, and sand? A surfing soundtrack, of course! Our Spotify playlist of surfing classics also pairs well with recent stories like Harry Gesner’s ocean-inspired architecture or artist Raymond Pettibon’s surfboard. Gesner’s son, Zen Gesner, an actor who lives (and surfs) in Malibu, steps from where he grew up with his maverick father, selected several tunes.

"Blanchisserie à Scheveningen" Bleachery at Scheveningen (recto); "Femme de Scheveningen" Woman from Scheveningen (verso); 1882; Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853 -

A Young Girl Defending Herself against Love; about 1880; William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825 - 1905); Oil on canvas; Unframed: 81.6 × 57.8 cm (32 1/8 × 22 3/4 in.); 70.PA.3

Male Harp Player of the Early Spedos Type; 2700-2300 B.C.; Unknown; Marble; Object: 35.8 × 9.5 × 28.1 cm (14 1/8 × 3 3/4 × 11 1/16 in.); 85.AA.103

Left: Young Woman Crocheting (Julie Lemmen), 1890–91, Georges Lemmen. Oil on canvas, 18 1/8 x 14 15/16 in. Getty Museum. Right: North Cape, about 1850, Peder Balke. Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 16 1/2 x 20 7/8 in. Getty Museum New Acquisitions on View: Paintings by Georges Lemmen and Peder Balke Editor’s Note Scott Allan is a paintings curator at the Getty Museum.

Body Content Pause and reflect on being fully present in the everyday with this mindful cleaning exercise inspired by Jean-Baptiste Greuze’s painting The Laundress (1761). Weave mindfulness into mundane daily tasks from washing dishes to tidying up and, as seen in the painting, doing the laundry. Greuze’s everyday subject matter, known as “genre painting,” was a popular style in the Netherlands and then France in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Estas imágenes retrataron el auge de Malibú como destino internacional del surf 6:30 A.M. 1/12/03 Malibu, CA, #6 (6:30 a. m. 12/1/03 Malibú, California, n.º 6), Robert Weingarten. Impresión en pigmento. Museo Getty. Regalo de Alvin y Heidi Toffler. © Robert Weingarten Body Content Read in English “Malibú solía ser un tranquilo pueblo rural de tradición ecuestre”, comentó Shannon McKee, residente de la localidad, al Pepperdine University Graphic en 2024.

These images captured Malibu as it crested into an international surfing destination 6:30 A.M. 1/12/03 Malibu, CA, #6, 2003, Robert Weingarten. Pigment print. Getty Museum. Gift of Alvin and Heidi Toffler. © Robert Weingarten Postcards from the Pacific Body Content Leer en español “Malibu used to be this laid-back country horse town,” resident Shannon McKee told the Pepperdine University Graphic in 2024.