An Artist's Almanac for October 6, 2025

These are some of the things humans have managed to do over the years.

Today's film came out in 2006. It starred Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, Anthony Anderson, Alec Baldwin, and Mark Wahlberg who as Staff Sergeant Sean Dignam say, "I'm the guy who does his job. You must be the other guy."

We also mark the anniversary of the births of Edwin Hubble, John Wessel, a few filmmaking milestones, the 425th anniversary of the first (fully surviving) opera, and the opening of the Moulin Rouge! cabaret club.

Today's image comes courtesy of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and is titled Au Moulin Rouge (At the Moulin Rouge).

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Do the useful thing, say the courageous thing, contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough.