PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

Are you still on high from the inauguration of our 44th President? I sure am. I have been feeling the love man, from all corners of the globe and it's so cool. Who would have thunk this man could generate such greatness, such hope, such support as he's done?

He's so adept and he's got so much intelligence and style. That's why everyone loves him....he's going to be just fine.

House Republicans or not...this is his time to show the world how it should be done.

When I say I was in heaven on Jan. 20th, I was. Sheer joy covered me while watching all the pomp and circumstance. Carry on Mr. President Obama.

ARTIST MARK WAGNER

Statement on Collage with Currency: "The one dollar bill is the most ubiquitous piece of paper in America. Collage asks the question: what might be done to make it something else? It is a ripe material: intaglio printed on sturdy linen stock, covered in decorative filigree, and steeped in symbolism and concept. Blade and glue transform it-reproducing the effects of tapestries, paints, engravings, mosaics, and computers-striving for something bizarre, beautiful, or unbelievable... the foreign in the familiar."

The dollar has never looked better. Very cool indeed!