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Watching this video, I found myself navigating multiple crosscurrents of thought.

Feeling happy and proud and hopeful.

Wondering what non-supporters make of this sort of thing.

Thinking that Obama is human and as a consequence, inherently imperfect. Some disappointment is inevitable.

And yet, something about him and his campaign speaks to people in a way that no one running for the presidency has done in a long time. Something inspired the people in this video to make a work of art in tribute to this man and what he stands for.

Hope, like all thoughts, emotions, and impulses, lives in the moment, in the present. It takes something to challenge oneself and to move beyond what is simple, easy, expedient. Challenging a nation is infinitely more difficult.

Somehow, people are responding.