29 November

Born in 1928 – Tahir Salahov, Azerbaijani painter.

Above: Still Life with Fish, 2006

Also, born in 1898, British novelist, poet, and critic C. S. Lewis.

For me, reason is the natural organ of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning. Imagination, producing new metaphors or revivifying old, is not the cause of truth, but its condition.

Previously on November 29, Busby Berkeley & Madeleine L’Engle.