Monday, January 16th, 2012...5:54 pm
I have dream in a cloud
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, which honors and remembers the accomplishments of this influential and historic leader. My children enjoyed “King Day for Kids” activities at Davidson College, which sparked conversation about King, civil rights, and freedom.
As I read my children’s self-authored books about freedom and civil rights, I thought about King’s “I have a dream” speech. I remembered interviewing a family friend in high school about his trip to DC for the historic event. I thought of what I might do in my blog to honor this day. In the end, it seemed like a graphical representation of the speech fit my blog. So, below is a word cloud, created at Worldle. The size of the text is proportional to its frequency in the Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I have a Dream” speech. Click the image to see it in higher resolution.
May we all continue to find ways to take these lofty words to our everyday life and keep them from simply being dreams in the clouds…but reality on earth.
