20 October

Born in 1847 – Frits Thaulow, Norwegian painter.

Above: Watermill, 1892

Also, born in 1940, American poet Robert Pinsky.

The medium of poetry is not words, the medium of poetry is not lines—it is the motion of air inside the human body, coming out through the chest and the voice box and through the mouth to shape sounds that have meaning. It’s bodily.

Previously on October 20, Yasushi Sugiyama & Pinsky.