3 June 2013

votive

[voh-tiv]

adjective

1. offered, given, dedicated, etc., in accordance with a vow: a votive offering.
2. performed, undertaken, etc., in consequence of a vow.
3. of the nature of or expressive of a wish or desire.

Origin:
1585–95; < Latin vōtīvus, equivalent to vōt ( um ) a vow + -īvus -ive

Related forms
vo·tive·ly, adverb
vo·tive·ness, noun

Today’s aphorism

‘The greatest wisdom is in simplicity. Love, respect, tolerance, sharing, gratitude, forgiveness. It’s not complex or elaborate. The real knowledge is free. It’s encoded in your DNA. All you need is within you. Great teachers have said that from the beginning. Find your heart, and you will find your way’.

― Carlos Barrios, Mayan elder and Ajq’ij of the Eagle Clan

On this day

3 June 1926 – birth of Allen Ginsberg, leading American beat-generation writer and poet. Died 5 April 1997.

3 June 1937 – Following his abdication in December 1936, former King Edward VIII of Britain, marries American divorcee, Wallis Simpson.

3 June 1968 – Andy Warhol, pop-artist, is shot by feminist Valerie Solanas, founder of the Society for Cutting Up Men (S.C.U.M.) because she felt that Warhol had too much control over her life. Warhol was seriously injured in the shooting. Doctors had to cut his chest open and massage his heart to keep him alive. Warhol survived but the shooting, but suffered permanent physical effects. The shooting had a profound effect on the direction his life and art took.