Tuesday, February 3, 2009

[1468 - Johann Gutenberg, printer, dies]

[1809 - (Jakob Ludwig) Felix Mendelssohn (Bartholdy),
composer, born in Hamburg, Germany]

[1811 - Horace Greeley, editor, politician, born in Amherst, New York]

[1874 - Gertrude Stein, writer, born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania]

[1894 - Norman Rockwell, artist, born in New York City]

[1907 - James A. Michener, novelist, born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania]

[1918 - Joey Bishop (Gottlieb), comedian, actor, born in the Bronx]

[1944 - U.S. troops capture the Marshall Islands]

[1950 - Klaus Fuchs arrested for passing atomic bomb information to Soviets]

[1959 - Plane crash kills Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Big Bopper]

[1973 - President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law]

Artist vs. Artisan

An artist creates works that may not be appreciated during his or her life, or ever.

An artisan produces things that work, and that are immediately useful.

Clearly, in a society that values things, it is safer to be an artisan than an artist.

William's Whimsical Words:

Perhaps we should all be artesians, and just be well.

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