Yes We Can

I first heard about this Yes We Can music video by Will.I.Am from the only person I know who doesn't own a computer. Go figure.

And then I saw it on Green Bean's blog. She actually posted it on her sidebar which is not only cool but technically advanced in my elementary knowledge of blogs.

I've watched the video half a dozen times now and counting trying to figure why I'm so moved by it. Yes, it's sexy; it revs up, smoothes out, holds, crescendos. It makes my body sway, my blood heat up.

But it's more than that. The message allows for hope, gives permission for hope, encourages hope. It says, we deserve nothing less than hope and that whatever we want to accomplish, We Can.

And not just people of certain political persuasions but everyone.

My favorite line is, "We are not as divided as our politics would suggest."

This is a blog to promote eating locally as a vehicle to lessen our carbon bite on the environment but I could not resist posting this.

And now I'm going to go and eat a local carrot. Because I Can.

And so Can You!


2/18/08 More: The Eat Local Challenge blog has a terrific write up by Julie Cummins about this video, about hope, about eating local. Here's the link if you have a second.