Mythopoesis
VIDEO : Will.I.Am's remix of Barack Obama's speech, "Yes We Can"
I believe the measure of a leader is in their ability to inspire their supporters creatively.
Will.I.Am said of his remix of Obama's New Hampshire speech :
"It made me reflect on the freedoms I have, going to school where I went to school, and the people that came before Obama like Martin Luther King, presidents like Abraham Lincoln that paved the way for me to be sitting here on ABCNews and making a song from Obama's speech," will.i.am said.
"The speech was inspiring about making change in America and I believe what it says and I hope everybody votes," Dylan said.
I believe the measure of a leader is in their choice to engage supporters as collaborators in the building of a social and political future. The difference between a campaign and a movement is in how people take the political moment as a call to action, regardless of whether the powers that be are there to reward them :
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The narrative
The Village has defined the diversity narrative for 2008: it’s the Great Estrogen Hope against the Pleasant Negro. The Establishment White Guy fits the neighborhood but not the narrative. And the Latino has to wait his turn.
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Getting biblical with The Brick Testament
[via The Brick Testament]
It's the Bible on LEGOS.
That's right. Reenactments of the Bible using LEGOS building blocks. A total drug-free trip. Totally whacked out and awesome.
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