21 January

Born in 1845 – Harriet Backer, Norwegian painter.

Above: Christening in Tanum Church, 1892

Also, born in 1882 – Pavel Florensky, Russian mathematician and religious philosopher.

Get into the habit, train yourselves, to do whatever you are doing conscientiously, with elegance, with distinction, don’t blur your work, don’t do anything in bad taste…

Remember that you can waste a whole lifetime on all anyhow, whereas in measured, rhythmic activity even things or tasks of secondary importance may help you discover much that may later serve you, perhaps, as a most profound source of new creative insights…

Thought is God’s gift and requires cultivation. To be clear and precise in thought is the guarantee of spiritual freedom and delight in thinking.