Day Tripping: November 12

More than The Thinker

Born in Paris in 1840, Auguste Rodin began to draw at the age of ten while educating himself at home. His working-class parents had little time for schooling and no money for his education. At seventeen, he sculpted a clay model to try for entry into the Grande Ecole, but he was rejected for not displaying Neoclassical form.

Rodin continued his art on his own, but when his sister died in 1862, he was stricken with grief and gave up his art. He joined a Catholic order where the founder recognized his talent and convinced Rodin to return to sculping.

“To the artist, there is never anything ugly in nature.”

Auguste Rodin was often called the father of Modernism. In the Victorian era, he was an independent thinker with a new sensibility while still honouring the classic traditions.

Today is:

National Chicken Soup for the Soul Day and National Happy Hour Day — one in the same are they not?

Musical Ride

For the release of Electric Ladyland in 1968, Jimi Hendrix posed for the album cover surrounded by naked women. The version was only released in England and the US got a whole different photo.

Interesting Notes

In 1966, the Gemini XII satellite recorded the first photograph of Earth’s atmosphere. And fifteen years later in 1981, the Space Shuttle Columbia became the first manned spacecraft to fly for the second time.

Gone But Not Forgotten

Marvel Comics co-creator Stan Lee enjoyed new fame for his cameo appearances when his characters hit the big screen. Stan passed away in 2018 at the age of 95.

Notable Births

1929 — Grace Kelly: “Getting angry doesn’t solve anything.”

1945 — Neil Young: “As I get older, I get smaller. I see other parts of the world I didn’t see before. Other points of view. I see outside myself more.”

K. Barrett Maria Rattray Maryam Merchant Dr. Mehmet Yildiz Tree Langdon Myriam Ben Salem Phil Truman Chelsea Mandler MAT Terry Mansfield Hollie Petit, Ph.D. Terry Trueman Dr. Preeti Singh John Gruber Bill Abbate James G Brennan ScienceDuuude Marcus Liam Ireland Claire Kelly Noorain Hassan, BMS Amy Pierovich David Acaster Nora Thewriteyard David Perlmutter Joe Luca Holly Kellums Michael Burg, MD Lucy Dan Dave Logan

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