I snapped this shot in mid march during a trip to San Diego. I remembered thinking at the time how the positive message resonated from this campaign poster despite the graffiti. On the occasion of Barack Obama's historic election, I wrote the following note to my children. "What an incredible time we live in! This presidential campaign and this president elect is a testament to the power of individuals making a collective difference through independent thought translated into action. It seems that this human capacity often shines brightest during our most challenging times. I've had the good fortune to live through and observe a number of mankind's brightest moments. I watched in amazement as men traveled the void of space to land and walk on the moon. I have been inspired by the voice and song of protest rising up from silence to end the Vietnam war. And, I saw the beginnings of the modern civil rights movement and grasped and held on to the hopes and dreams of those who were taken from us way before their time. The end result of what those dreamers began, we bear witness to today. In the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." Keep thinking...keep dreaming...keep acting...and most importantly keep caring. For yours are the ideas and dreams the future will realize!"
