22 October

Born in 1882 – N. C. Wyeth, American artist.

Above: Dark Harbor Fishermen, 1943

Also, it’s the feast day of St. Pope John Paul II.

Not all are called to be artists in the specific sense of the term. Yet, as Genesis has it, all men and women are entrusted with the task of crafting their own life: in a certain sense, they are to make of it a work of art, a masterpiece.