Saturday, February 25, 2006
The New Yorker cover
that wasn't. Take a look; it's beautiful and very moving. (Link courtesy of Neil's blog.)
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- Jenny Davidson
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4 comments:
Beautiful and so moving... The artist is so right that NOLA is still uncovering bodies while Cheney's friend survived. A beautiful picture that captures the spirit of triumph and joy amidst sadness cast aside for something Karl Rove will erase from our public memory in a matter of minutes. . . I hope "The New Yorker" editors choose something to celebrate Mardi Gras for this coming week's cover. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
Strange, yes. TIME magazine gives 8 pages to the Cheney shooting nonstory, and the NYKer cannot even find time to run this great cover art and story. Phew!
The New Orleans' Times-Picayune weighs in on this:
http://www.nola.com/living/t-p/index.ssf?/base/living-5/1141284793172740.xml
As a diptych for that beautiful cover, the costumes people actually wore during Mardi Gras.
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