Pictures From The Hood 4

Yes...these sights are seen in my neighbourhood too...sidewalk people...casualties of
a surging society around them...for one reason or another they are not able to keep up with. Perhaps...just someone taking a rest in a culturally disapproved of way...perhaps...a mental patient for whom there is currently no care facility space availlable...perhaps someone who fell into ingesting substances to ease the pain of living...and has found a way of life lived out on the sidewalks of the nation...perhaps
someone who has experienced one heart break too many and has let go of their anchors
to societally approved of life. Who can ever really know the reasons for their presence
in our midst. For me they are a sobering reminder of how fortunate I've been...even
living an unothodox freelance artist's life...and with a home to go to. I am
reminded...also...to keep holding on even when the heavy waves of life beat upon me...
while I still have the faculties...and other pieces of good fortune...to do so. Yes...
our sidewalk people...apart from anything else...are some of the many teachers available to us...in this short walk...through this Garden in the Stars.......Quester.