voice

"find a voice in a whisper"

- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Why We Can't Wait

more than words

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. 

Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. 

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Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend. 

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Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon.

 It cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. 

It is a sword that heals. 

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We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. 

- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

my favorite quote

... my favorite quote from Dr. King

used today in my art/heart journal.

The drawing was created by my middle child (9 yrs old).

Apple trees seem to always be a favorite subject for children.

This one is replete with a swing, a bird nest and its bird, a chipmunk and his hole in the tree.

... have a beautiful MLK day ...

I always try to read a thoughtful book on this day

I'll tell you what it was tomorrow over tea :)

Free to Dream

By way of celebrating the life of Dr. King, I made this page in my new art journal. I am inspired to have an art journal by several of my blogging friends (Bluebirds and OddChick mostly). 

In his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, Dr. King refers to "the old negro spiritual: Free at Last! Free at Last! Thank God Almighty we are Free at Last!" .... these are the words to that song .... which I used as the foundation for this page. I then painted the word Dreams over the words to the song and bordered it with different familiar phrases about dreams and dreaming. I used collage birds and ribbon tying it all together with the color blue. Blue is my favorite color, but a blue ribbon is also the symbol representing child abuse prevention (pink ribbon=breast cancer awareness; red ribbon= AIDS prevention; etc). Children are the biggest dreamers of all .... and all of our dreams really belong to them .... what is your dream?