Within the past two years critics have moved from the printed page (with many notable exceptions) to blogs. I have found myself following a very different kind of criticism, one that is more personal, more engaged with a political point of view, and more committed to the arts. Among those, I enjoy Edward Winkleman, CreateEquity, Culturegrrl, the Artful Manager, and Barry's Artblog. And the conversations initiated on those pages follow strands of thought I've pondered more and more over this past year and a half.