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Where you tour the Supreme Court and a Brooklyn sewage plant, equally charmed and delighted. Kalman’s loopy lines, just north of childlike, splashed with bold color, are a window into a United States where a plate of sausage and eggs transcends mundaneness and where epic figures, say, George Washington, become neighbors. A masterpiece by Velasquez is no less important than the ‘woman in the red dress with a snappy hairdo’ examining it. Small wonders are as carefully observed and noted as grand ones. For Kalman, the majestic and the modest carry equal weight. Kalman’s loopy lines, just north of childlike, splashed with bold co In this fractious time and place, when the future can seem futile, where the landscape can appear forlorn, you could do worse than spend an hour or two pursuing happiness with Maira Kalman. In this fractious time and place, when the future can seem futile, where the landscape can appear forlorn, you could do worse than spend an hour or two pursuing happiness with Maira Kalman. And the Pursuit of Happiness is a remarkable tribute to our history and a powerful reminder of the potential our future holds, from a true national treasure. And the cast of characters we meet along the way is rousing good company, featuring visits from Benjamin Franklin, Eleanor Roosevelt, and many others. Kalman finds evidence of democracy at work all around us. The observations she makes as she travels charm and inform, and-as we have come to expect with Kalman-the route is always one of fascinating indirection. Energized and inspired by the 2008 elections, on inauguration day Kalman traveled to Washington, D.C., launching a national tour that would take her from a town hall meeting in Newfane, Vermont, to the inner chambers of the Supreme Court.Īs we follow Kalman's wholly idiosyncratic journey, we fall in love with Lincoln alongside her as she imagines making a home for herself in the center of his magisterial memorial ponder Alexis de Tocqueville's America witness the inner workings of a Bronx middle-school student council take a high-speed lesson in great American women in the National Portrait Gallery and consider the cost of war to the brave American service families of Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Energized and inspired by the 2008 elections, on inauguration day Kalman traveled to Washington, D.C., launching a national tour With her trademark style, wit, sensitivity, and spontaneity, Maira Kalman guides a whirlwind tour of American democracy.Īnd the Pursuit of Happiness is beloved artist and author Maira Kalman's yearlong investigation of democracy and how it works. And the Pursuit of Happiness is beloved artist and author Maira Kalman's yearlong investigation of democracy and how it works. With her trademark style, wit, sensitivity, and spontaneity, Maira Kalman guides a whirlwind tour of American democracy.