I'm sure you're tired of the links I provide each month to Maira Kalman's column. Alas, I can't help myself. I think she's brilliant and want everyone who hasn't read her stuff to be initiated. This month on her blog (And the Pursuit of Happiness) she tackles Benjamin Franklin. I was won over from the very beginning by this statement.
You'll find all kinds of interesting tidbits here, accompanied by Kalman's terrific art. So, what are you still doing here? Get going!
Let's straighten out the first thing.If I had a nickel for every time a kid told/asked me this, I'd be a very rich woman.
He didn't invent electricity.
You'll find all kinds of interesting tidbits here, accompanied by Kalman's terrific art. So, what are you still doing here? Get going!
Those days when I feel (despairing) that only people who write vampire novels get read, I read one of Ms. Kalman's pieces, and feel heartened about the quirkiness and resiliency of humanity. We are intelligent -- and she proves it.
ReplyDeleteTricia - I posted a link at THE DRIFT RECORD to Maira Kalman's column today, too - she's an addiction, that's for sure. Is it because her head wanders seemingly so far off-topic and then comes back again so beautifully? No wonder she is co-founder of the Rubber Band Society. I love her loopy intelligence.
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