Photography

All the presidents of the United States from 1789 to 1889.

Do All U.S. Presidents Look the Same? What About Japan’s Prime Ministers?

"The aesthetics of official portraits of world leaders are no accident. As Alejandro Almaraz demonstrates in his series, “Portraits of Power,” they’re precisely constructed compositions, created with the intention of reinforcing the authority of their subjects...Almaraz created the images in his series by overlapping between four and 40 photos (and sometimes paintings) of successive heads of state, procured over 'many, many hours at the library.' "

Jordan G. Teicher writes about photography for Slate’s Behold blog. Follow him onTwitter.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2014/10/22/alejandro_almaraz_creates_composite_images_of_world_leaders_in_his_series.html

The Inner Ear

"A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness."

Robert Frost

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Seagull

sculpture                                Palanga, Lithuania

The Inner Ear

"Every author portrays himself in his works, even though it be against his will."
-Goethe

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Television

1927

The Inner Ear

"I will share the world's beauty with my enemies
even though their greed destroys the innocence
of my Adamic island."
-Derek Walcott, "White Egrets"

The Inner Ear

"Thou shalt leave the world and know the muse only. Thou shalt not know any longer the times, customs, graces, politics, or opinions of men, but shall take all from the muse."
-Emerson, "The Poet"

The Dutch Boy's Lead Party

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