“I’ve seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land”
45 years ago today
Martin Luther King, Jr. photographed by Marion S. Trikosko, 1964. LC-DIG-ppmsc-01269 Source: Library of Congress
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on a hotel balcony in Memphis TN. He was there to show support and solidarity with striking Sanitation workers.
“Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.” -
The Weekly photo challenge is Beyond. Beyond is a word with many definitions and is used as a preposition, an adverb, and a noun. While I was contemplating what I might post as a response to the word “Beyond”,an idea occurred to me.
Today I am using three images that were in the blog before but I have been working hard on them, taking them beyond their previous state. This work has taken me beyond the limits of the blog as I am preparing these images for printing. Each of them, I believe, represents one of “beyond’s” parts of speech.
Adverb
“on or to the farther side”
Noun
“That which is past or to a degree greater than knowledge or experience; the unknown.”
Preposition
“on or to the farther side of : at a greater distance than”
How did I do? Did I push it beyond endurance?
Today was the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. I get the feeling that not many people actually remembered that.
Muddy Waters birthday is today. Seems appropriate to this day’s round trip journey to Edgewater.
I bet a lot of people played lottery numbers 44 and 11.
The state of the relationship between the power wielded by energy companies as opposed to people was just brutally demonstrated by Transocean.
What exactly are you supposed to say when an interviewer tells you that you sure seem qualified but he is not sure that you fit the culture of the company, which he adds is “young,vibrant and fun.” – among other attributes.
