A daily dose of inspiration revolving around the arts and sciences.
In a world focused on everything we can't do, be inspired by just a few of the things we've already done.
These are some of the things humans have managed to do over the years.
Today's film (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118749/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk) came out in 1997, and was directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. It stars Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly, William H. Macy, Heather Graham, and Mark Wahlberg.
We mark the anniversaries of the births of John Keats and Peter Jackson, and talk about Martin Luther and Halloween.
Today's image comes courtesy of Dr. Peck's office in Kennett, Missouri, circa 1981.
Today's poem is by Robert Herrick.
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30 Oct 2025
An Artist's Almanac for October 30, 2025
These are some of the things humans have managed to do over the years.
Today's film (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105265/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk) came out in 1992, and was directed by Robert Redford. It stars Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt, Brenda Blethyn, Emily Lloyd, and Tom Skerritt.
We mark the anniversaries of the births of Ezra Pound, Zoë Akins, Ruth Gordon Jones, and the anniversary of one of the worst days of pollution in American history.
Today's image is a painting by Angelica Kauffman, and is titled, "Diana and nymphs".
Today's poem is by Ezra Pound.
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29 Oct 2025
An Artist's Almanac for October 29, 2025
These are some of the things humans have managed to do over the years.
Today's film (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120601/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk) came out in 1999, directed by Spike Jonze. It stars Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, Orson Bean, Mary Kay Place, John Malkovich, and John Cusak.
We mark the anniversaries of the births of Bob Ross, James Boswell, Fanny Brice, Bill Mauldin, and Henry Ossawa Tanner’s painting becoming the first from a black person to be hung in the White House, and The Autobiography of Malcolm X being published just 60 years ago today.
Today's image comes courtesy of Worthpoint, and is a photo of Malcolm X taken by The Associated Press.
Today's poem is by William Ernest Henley.
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