2 days late, For Perspective, I suppose

Personally, I found the arrangement of 'simple gifts' performed at the inauguration ceremony to be quite beautiful. Anyone with taste should watch.

Otherwise, here are my observations on the ceremony.
Understanding that film is far and away more advanced each year it exists, the 'live' footage could be called a documentary of the event. This is evident even in the short clip I've linked to above. It reads like a book. Cameras and seating were set up in advance, film crews were given cues of when to switch to whom, tradition set a precedent for the activities, and doubtless, film crews with experience were called upon. After all, Yo-yo Ma and Aretha Franklin performed. Talk about calling on people with experience. You think they'd hire a substandard film crew for that?
If you've got the skinny on it, do correct/affirm my assumptions.
In an incredible speech, Obama reasserted that we are not to sit idly by; we must join in the repair process of our nation.

That's not all he said, naturally (the link is to 'part one' of the speech). It's just the part that I find to be most important at present and for the future, independent of who is in the oval office. The nation, the people, the democracy we embody must be exemplified by our actions. If we decline our power to improve our condition, we negate a bit of our humanity.

And when we divide into communities of 'Republican' and 'Democrat', we negate the common bonds we all share. I don't want to only be friends with people who think the way I do. Who cares if someone disagrees with me? We may be healthy for each other, to strengthen our rhetorical abilities, to learn, to listen, to treat better and be more loyal to our friends, despite disagreement.
I don't want to undermine anyone. I don't plan to tell someone they're 'wrong' unless they're being cruel. I'm jumping off the soapbox, now, in case anyone wants to help me crowd-surf my way back down to Earth.

Air and Simple Gifts lifted my soul skyward.