April 17, 2009

Inspiration and Awe


When I first saw this video a couple of days ago, I thought that this was just another performance by a wanna be. And it was, but the person was actually full of talent. I think that this shows that the human generation is doubtful and mean sometimes.

We don’t know if we are wrong or right until we have actually seen what they can do. This also means that because we are shaped by society, we judge people by age, clothes and gender. This is racist and mean of us and we need to change our way of thinking.

The connections to the Langston Hughes poem “The Dream Keeper” that I can come up with is that the poem talks about the person catching dreams and holding on to them so that they can survive the onslaught of the world. This clip matches this idea perfectly.

http://www.breakingfrozenseas.com/

1 comment:

woodward said...

Beautiful reflection, though I really, really like your poem and some of the images that you are playing with.

Cool use of wordle to really highlight some fun words with graphic representation. Keep up the great work.