I love this piece that I first caught on Twitter. It made me think of the recent story in the NYT about President Obama:

When it comes to dealing with the Middle East, the president noted, “There is a Kabuki dance going on constantly. That is what I would like to see broken down. I am going to be holding up a mirror and saying: ‘Here is the situation, and the U.S. is prepared to work with all of you to deal with these problems. But we can’t impose a solution. You are all going to have to make some tough decisions.’ Leaders have to lead, and, hopefully, they will get supported by their people.”

and how leaders today need to design mirrors with which society can see itself more clearly. Only by knowing and acknowledging how we act/behave can we have a chance to possibly modulate our own behavior. Artists create mirrors all the time, as is literally seen in the elegant piece above. -JM