5 November

Born in 1878 — Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Russian artist.

Above: The Mother of God of Tenderness Towards Evil Hearts, 1914

Also, born in 1931, Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor.

To know who I am is a species of knowing where I stand.

My identity is defined by the commitments and identifications which provide the frame or horizon within which I can try to determine from case to case what is good, or valuable, or what ought to be done, or what I endorse or oppose. 

In other words, it is the horizon within which I am capable of taking a stand.