Born in 1961–Todd Haynes, American filmmaker.

Above: Barbie as Karen Carpenter in Haynes’ 1987 film, Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story.

It’s the feast day of Basil of Caesarea.

“A musician would not willingly consent that his lyre should be out of tune, nor a leader of a chorus that his choir should not sing in the strictest possible harmony. But shall each individual person be at variance with himself, and exhibit a life in disagreement with his words?”

“There is nothing which the prudent must shun more carefully than living with a view to popularity, or giving serious thought to the things esteemed by the multitude…”