Maira Kalman and her beautiful illustrations # § Art, drawings, illustrations, inauguration, nytimes
I felt the poem lacked what I described as the soaring gravitas and plain spoken prose that the occasion called for. "But poetry is a matter of having your own words, not of having words for others; and the weakness of Alexander's work is precisely its consciousness of obligation. Her poetic superego leads her to affirm piously, rather than question or challenge. This weakness is precisely what made her a perfect, an all too perfect, choice for inaugural poet. " # § criticism, inauguration, Poetry
The Big Picture does it again # § inauguration, obama, Photography, Photos
Jon Favreau, not to be confused with the dude in Swingers. # § inauguration, obama, Speeches, Starbucks, Writing
Handily line-broken by robotwisdom. # § Events, inauguration, obama, Poetry
Awesome use of photosynth, which before now I thought was Windows only. Looks great in WebKit. # § inauguration, Microsoft, obama, Photography, photosynth, Politics