i am now 27, with a perspective:

when 'blue' was released, joni mitchell was 28.

in 1914, egon schiele had his first solo show in paris. he was 24.

born in 1982:anne hathaway, natalie portman, kirsten dunst, andy roddick, charlie cox, joanna newsom, patrick fugit, prince william.

in 1888, klimt received the golden order of merit from emperor franz josef 1 of austria for his contributions to murals painted in the burgtheater in vienna. he also became an honorary member of the university of munich and the university of vienna. (wikipedia) he was 26.

oprah moved to chicago to host a morning talk show in 1983, the first episode aired in 1984, oprah was 30.

adrian brody became the youngest actor to ever win the 'best actor' academy award. he was 29.

a portrait of dickens from 1839, when he was 27, painted by daneil maclise

In 1836 (at 24), dickens became editor of Bentley's Miscellany. during this time, his success as a novelist continued, producing Oliver Twist (1837–39), Nicholas Nickleby (1838–39), The Old Curiosity Shop and, finally, Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty as part of the Master Humphrey's Clock series (1840–41)—all published in monthly instalments before being made into books. Dickens had a pet raven (!!!) named Grip which, when it died in 1841(he was 29), Dickens had it stuffed (it is now at the Free Library of Philadelphia). -from wikipedia with notations by me.

oliver twist and nicholas nickleby-written/published at 27!

the catcher in the rye was released in 1951. j.d. salinger was 32.

at 23, kurt vonnegut, jr. experienced the bombing of dresden in 1945.

kurt cobain committed suicide at 27.

jimi hendrix, janis joplin and jim morrison (in addition to kurt cobain) are all a part of the '27 club', prominent musicians who died at 27.

the artist basquiat died at 27, the day after my 6th birthday.

in 1946, at 27, nat king cole recorded 'the christmas song', along with many others and became a huge success.

ray charles made his life-changing and history changing move to seattle at 27.

jaws was released in 1975. steven speilberg was 29.

barack obama entered harvard law school in 1988. he was 27.

The house where Van Gogh stayed in Cuesmes in 1880; while living here he decided to become an artist. (at 27, of course)-also from wikipedia. he died 10 years later.

An 1868 photo of Antonín Dvořák. (aged:27 years.)

it was this year he decided to give up playing viola in the orchestra to compose. it was also at this time, he fell in love with one of his pupils and wrote the song cycle cypress trees for her. she didn't return his affections and married some one else. so he married her younger sister 5 years later. they had 9 kids.

when michael jackson unveiled 'the moonwalk' in 1983, he was 24.

when radiohead's 'pablo honey' was released, thom yorke was 25.

two years later, (thom: 27) the band released 'the bends'.

louis armstrong, circa 1928, aged 27 years.

at 28, in 1981, jean-pierre jeunet made his first live-action film-the bunker of the last gunshots.

charlie chaplin made ten films at in 1916, at 27.

upon the release of 'edward scissorhands' in 1990 one of my most favorite tim burton/johnny depp collaborations, johnny depp was 27.

pee wee's big adventure was released when tim burton was 27.

the year kate winslet was nominated for the best supporting actress oscar, aged:27 years. her first oscar nomination came at 21 for 'sense and sensibility'. damn.

cate blanchett was 29 when 'elisabeth' was released, for which she was nominated for an oscar.

at 27, wes anderson released 'bottle rocket', his first film.