Via Wikimedia Commons July 14, 1883 - Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson: "There is a good deal to be said for frivolity. Frivolous people, when all is said … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: The Sad, Strange Tale of Actor Bob Crane
July 13, 1928 – Bob Crane Back in the 1960s, before his name was linked to sex addiction, X-rated videotapes, and a murder, Bob Crane starred in the popular CBS sitcom Hogan's Heroes (1965-1971). He was a good choice for television comedy ideal leading man: handsome, clean-cut, … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Pianist, Van Cliburn
July 12, 1934– Van Cliburn: "I'm not a success, I'm a sensation." When I was a kid, I would study the photos on the covers of my parental units' Van Cliburn albums and I would get that familiar, perplexing tingle of recognition and arousal. I mistakenly thought he had one name: … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Activist, Vernon “Copy” Berg
At the U.S. Naval Academy, 1974, photo from The Lucky Bag yearbook of the academy July 11, 1951 - Vernon E. Berg III We live a better life today because of the bravery of Vernon E. "Copy" Berg . We should be inspired to change the injustices we see so we can make life … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Marcel Proust
Proust working in bed, early 20th-century, photographer unknown, public domain July 10, 1871 - Marcel Proust: "Love is a striking example of how little reality means to us."Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust Somehow, the above quote is better in French, but … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Artist, David Hockney
July 9, 1937 - David Hockney "The Moment You Cheat for the Sake of Beauty, You Know You're an Artist." In the first project of its kind, British Vogue commissioned 14 special covers for the August 2020 issue by British artists. The original prints of each depiction of … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Architect, Philip Johnson
July 8, 1906– Philip Cortelyou Johnson: "All architects want to live beyond their deaths." Ohio born Philip Johnson is one of my favorite figures in the exalted field of Architecture; one of my passions, with 20th century American architecture as my focus. As I type that, I … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Photographer, F. Holland Day
#BornThisDay: Frida Kahlo
July 6, 1907 - Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón: "I paint myself because I am often alone, and I am the subject I know best." The Portland Art Museum (PAM) was to have been having sold-out crowds for Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism this summer, and as a … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Filmmaker, Ken Russell
1968, BBC via YouTube July 3, 1927– Ken Russell: "This is not the age of manners. This is the age of kicking people in the crotch and telling them something and getting a reaction. I want to shock people into awareness. I don’t believe there is any virtue in … [Read more...]
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