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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. Please help support us on Patreon [https://patreon.com/TheConfusedIdealist]. You can also support us directly by visiting our website [https://www.confusedidealist.com/giving-place]. Follow us on: * YouTube [https://youtube.com/@TheConfusedIdealist] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/theconfusedidealist/] * Facebook [https://facebook.com/theconfusedidealist] * X [https://x.com/ConfusdIdealist]

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. Please help support us on Patreon [https://patreon.com/TheConfusedIdealist]. You can also support us directly by visiting our website [https://www.confusedidealist.com/giving-place]. Follow us on: * YouTube [https://youtube.com/@TheConfusedIdealist] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/theconfusedidealist/] * Facebook [https://facebook.com/theconfusedidealist] * X [https://x.com/ConfusdIdealist]

An Artist's Almanac for October 28, 2025

These are some of the things humans have managed to do over the years. Today's film [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0296881/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk] came out in 1968. It was a documentary directed by William Greaves. We mark the anniversaries of the births of Desiderius Erasmus, Ayad Akhtar, Ian Hamilton Finlay, and the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty. Today's image comes courtesy of The Museum of the City of New York, and is a painting commemorating the unveiling the Statue of Liberty, by Edward Moran. It is titled, "Unveiling The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World". Today's poem is by Emma Lazarus. Please help support us on Patreon [https://patreon.com/TheConfusedIdealist]. You can also support us directly by visiting our website [https://www.confusedidealist.com/giving-place]. Follow us on: * YouTube [https://youtube.com/@TheConfusedIdealist] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/theconfusedidealist/] * Facebook [https://facebook.com/theconfusedidealist] * X [https://x.com/ConfusdIdealist]

An Artist's Almanac for October 27, 2025

These are some of the things humans have managed to do over the years. Today's film came out in 1995, and was directed by Mike Figgis.  It stars Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue. We mark the anniversaries of the births of Roberto Benigni, Dylan Thomas, Sylvia Plath, John Cleese, Fran Lebowitz, and commemorate the hanging of Quakers just for being Quakers. Today's image comes courtesy of the Fitzwilliam Museum, and is by Salvator Rosa. It's titled, "Human Fragility." Today's poem is by Dylan Thomas. Please help support us on Patreon [https://patreon.com/TheConfusedIdealist]. You can also support us directly by visiting our website [https://www.confusedidealist.com/giving-place]. Follow us on: * YouTube [https://youtube.com/@TheConfusedIdealist] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/theconfusedidealist/] * Facebook [https://facebook.com/theconfusedidealist] * X [https://x.com/ConfusdIdealist]

An Artist's Almanac for October 24, 2025

These are some of the things humans have managed to do over the years. Today's film [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119177/reference/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk] came out in 1997, and was directed by Andrew Niccol. It stars Jude Law, Uma Thurman, Alan Arkin, Loren Dean, Ernest Borgnine, and Ethan Hawke. Today’s image comes courtesy of George Grantham Bain News Service, via U.S. Library of Congress, and is a photograph of Annie Edson Taylor and her cat, after they became the first to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel. It's titled, Queen of the Mist. Today's poem is by Walt Whitman. Please help support us on Patreon [https://patreon.com/TheConfusedIdealist]. You can also support us directly by visiting our website [https://www.confusedidealist.com/giving-place]. Follow us on: * YouTube [https://youtube.com/@TheConfusedIdealist] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/theconfusedidealist/] * Facebook [https://facebook.com/theconfusedidealist] * X [https://x.com/ConfusdIdealist]