Though I have canals and bridges, I suffer neither craft nor tread.
Behind me exists an electric world of unfathomable complexity, the most complicated instrument in the universe.
I am a portal to the real, the map of beauty, and the most versatile pallet known to man.
Some people forget names, but they never forget me.
What am I?
(Answer below)
A Face. 
December 16, 2011 at 8:46 pm
A mouth.
December 18, 2011 at 12:04 am
Easel
January 3, 2012 at 2:51 am
A mouth is close… but not quite there yet.
January 10, 2012 at 6:15 pm
Tongue?
January 11, 2012 at 2:42 pm
a brain?
February 27, 2012 at 7:36 pm
A book
February 28, 2012 at 5:59 pm
Tongue seems to be the simplest answer, but since it has already been guessed . . .
The nose?
February 29, 2012 at 4:40 am
Teeth?
March 13, 2012 at 8:54 pm
The eye?
April 1, 2012 at 2:14 am
the ears?
April 1, 2012 at 3:29 am
a human being?
April 6, 2012 at 2:32 pm
The mind?
May 11, 2012 at 4:55 am
A face?
May 13, 2012 at 1:22 am
The human face.