Why Inspiration Will Make Obama the Strongest Candidate

Written by: Edwin Rutsch on Feb 16, 2008 3:50 PM EST

I just read this interesting article in the Huffington Post. It talks about Barack Obama and his ability to inspire.

Why Inspiration Will Make Obama the Strongest Candidate in November
- And a President that Can Lead a Progressive Realignment in America
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-creamer/why-inspiration-will-make_b_86844.html

Robert Creamer writes
"Inspiration comes from appeals to values, not ten point plans.

Obama's attraction to swing voters isn't that he promises to "compromise" with the right -- or adopt right wing values. It is that he inspires them with the traditional progressive values:

• That we're all in this together, not all in this alone;
• Unity not division;
• Hope not fear;
• That people are not commodities to be paid what the market will bear and discarded when they aren't needed, but human beings whose happiness and success are the purpose of the economy."

Oakland DFA Organizational Team member talks about Obama's inspiration
Progressive Values: Tara Marchant - Obama - Inspiration


Inspiration and The Art of Living Black
(more, see the videos)

Last year, I did a documentary project on the nature of Inspiration.  Joan and I interviewed 50 black artists who take part in a local exhibit called "The Art of Living Black" (TAOLB). We did interviews  in a workshop process,  asking the artist  about their inspiration experiences. 

See the project and the 160 Youtube video stories we made here.
http://humanityquest.com/themes/inspiration/TAOLB

We plan to set up a workshop process  like this again but using it to explore Progressive Values.  Does anyone on the list want to take part?

Joan Kuenz introduces the interview workshop process.

Inspiration is not a mental thing, it's a felt body experiance.
see it actualized. See Joan and I and the TAOLB artist's act out our inspiration.
 34 Artists Act out Signs of Inspiration. 

Even More about Inspiration at the: Inspiration Research Project

  -   Dance and Inspiration Video
  -   Inspiration in other Languages and Cultures
  -  and even more...

 

edwin rutsch
What Are Progressive Values? Documentary Project,
and Study Group
http://ProgressiveSpirit.com

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