Joe brought home Maira Kalman's book (which was made from her visual blog in the New York Times), The Principles of Uncertainty. I was immediately smitten: by her deluxe descriptions of things, her jaunty paintings, her handwriting a mix of lower case and upper case and cursive and block print, her outlook, her in-look. She paints portraits of people's sinks, and photographs couches that have been abandoned on New York streets, and is the curator of several amazing collections: candy bars and sponges and suitcases and whistles.
Anyway, I thought you should know about her. Because I'm happier now that I do.
Also: She's got a new gig going at the Times, about our country's history. Check it here.
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