16 August

Born in 1876 – Ivan Bilibin, Russian artist and illustrator

Above: Tsaritsa Militrissa, 1929

Also, born in 1911, German economist and philosopher E. F. Schumacher, who said:

Wisdom demands a new orientation of science and technology towards the organic, the gentle, the non-violent, the elegant and beautiful.

and

Everywhere people ask: ‘What can I actually do?’ The answer is as simple as it is disconcerting: we can, each of us, work to put our own inner house in order. The guidance we need for this work cannot be found in science or technology, the value of which utterly depends on the ends they serve; but it can still be found in the traditional wisdom of mankind.