“[The artist’s] function is to make his imagination … become the light in the minds of others. His role, in short, is to help people to live their lives.” Absolutely wonderful read from Wallace Stevens, born on this day in 1879:

Wallace Stevens—one of the most underappreciated, sensitive minds who ever lived—was born OTD in 1879. 70 years ago, in a wonderful book on creativity, he wrote with such prescience about our best self-protection from the reality-warping of the news: