Day 1,703: jettison, complacency

European leaders urgently need to jettison their post-Soviet complacency.

Europe is caught between Putin and Trump

Artwork of the day 
Procopius the Righteous removes a cloud of stone from the Great Ustyug
Nicholas Roerich
Original Title: Прокопий Праведный отводит тучу каменную от Устюга Великого
Date: 1912
Style: Art Nouveau (Modern)
Genre: sketch and study

Word of the day 
jettison: to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed:
complacency: a feeling of calm satisfaction with your own abilities or situation that prevents you from trying harder:

Quote of the day
“The past could be jettisoned . . . but seeds got carried.”

― Joan Didion, Where I Was From