photographs are beyond memorykeepers for me i believe that they are powerful tools it can reveal secrets share a story forge an opinion bind people and to some extent change the world all through simple perception instead of taking selfies take more photos elliotts poems dont encourage us to turn to the scholars but to turn to one another together we can reinvent this risky dangerous place as our perch part and parcel okla elliott covering over 19000 square feet of exhibition space state of the art discovering american art now at the crystal bridges museum of american art in bentonville arkansas is an enormous undertaking that casts a wide net but misses the mark when it comes to the emergence of strong definitive themes crystal bridges exhibition reveals curatorial missteps