4 September

Born in 1883—Béla Czóbel, Hungarian painter.

Above: Girl Before a Bed, 1905

Also, born in 1926, Austrian priest and philosopher Ivan Illich.

When the monk milks or plows, makes butter or chisels, the recitation in common turns into a subdued drone in which each picks his own lines.

These lines are the road of his pilgrimage toward heaven, both when he prays, and when he works.

Reading impregnates his days and nights.

—Illich, In the Vineyard of the Text

Previously on September 4, Daniel Burnham and Illich.