Election...

I want to write about the election. I feel like i should write about the election.
But honestly... have this uncomfortable feeling that it's not much to say.
For me it's so obvious. Obama over McCain any day. Not only because it's the better choice of the two. But to me it's not about who would be the better president in the case of an emergency, which seems to be a common angle to look at this thing from.
I see a country that so badly needs attention drawn to the real problems, the actual cause! Not only a lot of dwelling about the symptoms.
I see a country which is slow.
The US like to think at itself as the leading country and with that comes an assumption that they're ahead of the rest of the world. That attitude lead countries as Sweden to fully buy that lie. Sweden is starting to regress while thinking it's advancing when Sweden really backing up just to follow in the footsteps of the states.
The US seem to think that the outside world is a threat. The world isn't a place where we could get suggestions, ideas, see how experiments turn out and take advices from. No the outside world is a far away place that we need to keep far away. So called "new" ideas has to come from inside the country. Everything else is either terrorism or communism.
Maybe I'm harsh. Maybe.

This country suffered tremendously under the reign of George Bush. A president most people in this country did not want.
If you think George Bush was bad...to choose John McCain is not only a step in the same direction, it's a continuation of the destruction of this country.
Those things that you might think have developed in this country during the last hundred years is now in danger. For example, this country wasn't ready for a female president, but do we have to back up so far that the woman is going to lose the right to her own body again?

The presidential debates touches these things but not more. I want more passion, more sincerity, about the real issues at stake. This country badly needs equality! And how can we achieve that? By healthcare for everybody! By more balanced taxes, that will not be wasted on an oil war. By education!!!
I could go on forever but what I'm interested in is the politicians going on instead! And the people listening.

People around me here in New York are listening. They're hoping and praying for change. While seeing the country falling apart around them, they're dreaming, wishing so tenderly, about the day when Obama becomes our president.

As my dance teacher said at class:
We were dancing to a song with light plingy music. She asked if we listened to the music, did we feel the lightness, the happiness. She wanted us to capture that more in our movement. She said: Dance like it's the day when Obama just won the election!

While so many within the art world trying to hide the direct political messeges, trying to be more general, it's uplifting to hear those who speak their mind and openly stand for their opinions. And as it seems, speaking for many of us. Do I have to mention that my teachers advice in class really worked? =)