Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 6:09 am
Kevin's Watch
Official Discussion Forum for the works of Stephen R. Donaldson
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"I have a dream today!"
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Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 2:44 pm
Some eye-opening stuff. If we forget, the movement becomes hollow ritual.
Children of the Movement
Coming of Age in Mississippi
Invisible Man
Children of the Movement
Coming of Age in Mississippi
Invisible Man
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 3:26 pm
I remember Invisible Man from college. Powerful book!
So here I am, sitting at the computer instead of at work, because of this man. As with many American holidays, the meaning is often lost. I remember a BC comic from the Sunday paper. The one character often sent messages (he wrote them on something, and floated them away) to some unknown person across the water. He once told this person about Memorial Day; how we have picnics and parties and such. The person wrote back: "You people are a lot sicker than we thought."
So everybody go read I Have a Dream. This man was a genius. The speech is enthralling! He was also among the best people. As a student of Gandhi's way, he met injustice and brutality with hope, peace, and love.
So here I am, sitting at the computer instead of at work, because of this man. As with many American holidays, the meaning is often lost. I remember a BC comic from the Sunday paper. The one character often sent messages (he wrote them on something, and floated them away) to some unknown person across the water. He once told this person about Memorial Day; how we have picnics and parties and such. The person wrote back: "You people are a lot sicker than we thought."
So everybody go read I Have a Dream. This man was a genius. The speech is enthralling! He was also among the best people. As a student of Gandhi's way, he met injustice and brutality with hope, peace, and love.
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 3:16 pm
Another bump...
Time again to celebrate the life of one of the great ones.
In this time of war, where peace seems to be nothing more than an illusion, let this man's voice sing out to us all the song of hope.
Rest in peace, Dr. King...
Time again to celebrate the life of one of the great ones.
In this time of war, where peace seems to be nothing more than an illusion, let this man's voice sing out to us all the song of hope.
Rest in peace, Dr. King...
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:47 pm
Another year...another bump
Early morning, April 4
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
Peace...
Early morning, April 4
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
Peace...
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:04 pm
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 3:35 pm
Here we are again...
And this year, as we inaugurate a new president, it seems we have come that much closer to fulfilling this beautiful dream. One step closer to that "promised land" he spoke about.
The Rising--Bruce Springsteen
Cant see nothin in front of me
Cant see nothin coming up behind
I make my way through this darkness
I cant feel nothing but this chain that binds me
Lost track of how far Ive gone
How far Ive gone, how high Ive climbed
On my backs a sixty pound stone
On my shoulder a half mile of line
Come on up for the rising
Come on up, lay your hands in mine
Come on up for the rising
Come on up for the rising tonight
Left the house this morning
Bells ringing filled the air
Wearin the cross of my calling
On wheels of fire I come rollin down here
Come on up for the rising
Come on up, lay your hands in mine
Come on up for the rising
Come on up for the rising tonight
Theres spirits above and behind me
Faces gone black, eyes burnin bright
May their precious blood bind me
Lord, as I stand before your fiery light
I see you mary in the garden
In the garden of a thousand sighs
Theres holy pictures of our children
Dancin in a sky filled with light
May I feel your arms around me
May I feel your blood mix with mine
A dream of life comes to me
Like a catfish dancin on the end of my line
Sky of blackness and sorrow ( a dream of life)
Sky of love, sky of tears (a dream of life)
Sky of glory and sadness ( a dream of life)
Sky of mercy, sky of fear ( a dream of life)
Sky of memory and shadow ( a dream of life)
Your burnin wind fills my arms tonight
Sky of longing and emptiness (a dream of life)
Sky of fullness, sky of blessed life
Come on up for the rising
Come on up, lay your hands in mine
Come on up for the rising
Come on up for the rising tonight
Come on up for the rising indeed...
And this year, as we inaugurate a new president, it seems we have come that much closer to fulfilling this beautiful dream. One step closer to that "promised land" he spoke about.
The Rising--Bruce Springsteen
Cant see nothin in front of me
Cant see nothin coming up behind
I make my way through this darkness
I cant feel nothing but this chain that binds me
Lost track of how far Ive gone
How far Ive gone, how high Ive climbed
On my backs a sixty pound stone
On my shoulder a half mile of line
Come on up for the rising
Come on up, lay your hands in mine
Come on up for the rising
Come on up for the rising tonight
Left the house this morning
Bells ringing filled the air
Wearin the cross of my calling
On wheels of fire I come rollin down here
Come on up for the rising
Come on up, lay your hands in mine
Come on up for the rising
Come on up for the rising tonight
Theres spirits above and behind me
Faces gone black, eyes burnin bright
May their precious blood bind me
Lord, as I stand before your fiery light
I see you mary in the garden
In the garden of a thousand sighs
Theres holy pictures of our children
Dancin in a sky filled with light
May I feel your arms around me
May I feel your blood mix with mine
A dream of life comes to me
Like a catfish dancin on the end of my line
Sky of blackness and sorrow ( a dream of life)
Sky of love, sky of tears (a dream of life)
Sky of glory and sadness ( a dream of life)
Sky of mercy, sky of fear ( a dream of life)
Sky of memory and shadow ( a dream of life)
Your burnin wind fills my arms tonight
Sky of longing and emptiness (a dream of life)
Sky of fullness, sky of blessed life
Come on up for the rising
Come on up, lay your hands in mine
Come on up for the rising
Come on up for the rising tonight
Come on up for the rising indeed...
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 3:41 pm
I figured I'd wait a while to give you a chance to bump this thread. 
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 3:43 pm
hehe
altho, I spelled "inaugurate" wrong...best fix that
altho, I spelled "inaugurate" wrong...best fix that
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 4:02 pm
It's also a call for a National Day of Service, being heralded by Michelle Obama. Tam, the Princess Elora and I will out in the "mini-desert" (where we walk all the time) picking up trash today. That way we won't have to join some group, "Don't touch me!" 
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 2:20 am
Thanks for the bump, Furls.
I found myself singing "Abraham, Martin and John" earlier today.
Anybody here seen my old friend Abraham?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed lotta people but it seems the good they die young
You know I just looked around and he's gone
Anybody here seen my old friend John?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed lotta people but it seems the good they die young
I just looked around and he's gone
(brief instrumental interlude-organ)
Anybody here seen my old friend Martin?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed lotta people but it seems the good they die young
I just looked around and he's gone
Didn't you love the things that they stood for?
Didn't they try to find some good for you and me?
And we'll be free
Some day soon, it's gonna be one day
Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up over the hill
With Abraham, Martin, and John
Can't wait 'til tomorrow.
I found myself singing "Abraham, Martin and John" earlier today.
Anybody here seen my old friend Abraham?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed lotta people but it seems the good they die young
You know I just looked around and he's gone
Anybody here seen my old friend John?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed lotta people but it seems the good they die young
I just looked around and he's gone
(brief instrumental interlude-organ)
Anybody here seen my old friend Martin?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed lotta people but it seems the good they die young
I just looked around and he's gone
Didn't you love the things that they stood for?
Didn't they try to find some good for you and me?
And we'll be free
Some day soon, it's gonna be one day
Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up over the hill
With Abraham, Martin, and John
Can't wait 'til tomorrow.
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:04 am
That's making me cry, stop it ali! Oh hell I'll be crying all day tomorrow: tears of joy, tears of relief...
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 4:27 pm
Mom's tribute thread needs a bump...
"Faith is taking the first step, even when you don't see the whole staircase." Martin Luther King Jr.
Pride...in the name of love...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HY-WfDPm7s&feature=related
"Faith is taking the first step, even when you don't see the whole staircase." Martin Luther King Jr.
Pride...in the name of love...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HY-WfDPm7s&feature=related
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 5:03 pm
Holy cow. Been too long since this thread was bumped. I miss you, Tracie.
And I Have a Dream is still as fresh and inspiring as the day he gave it.
And I Have a Dream is still as fresh and inspiring as the day he gave it.