RT @tbonier: More than 80M votes cast and we're not done yet. Thoughts:
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RT @RachelBitecofer: 1. Want to thank @DanielNewman for using his HUGE platform for this work. I want to clarify what this is. In the voter… 1 year ago
Wow. That is beautiful.
Matt:
My wife and I have two small daughters. I showed the ad to my wife. She teared up. I teared up. It’s very, very powerful, isn’t it?
It’s the power of art, not just a didactic piece of emotionally manipulative kitsch ad propaganda. It’s Michelangelo’s Pieta.
And it reminds me of the importance of meaning in relation to art:
https://santitafarella.wordpress.com/2010/01/31/no-things-but-in-ideas-elisa-gabbert-a-poetry-editor-vents/
—Santi