Sunday, April 17, 2016

My 5th visit with the St. Francis house

On my final day to visit the people of st. Francis house I showed up around 12:45 pm on a Tuesday and made my self available for conversations with anyone willing to participate with me for my art project. I noticed that there was as many people that there usually is when I visit. After I noticed that I just went up to the people that I saw and had some great conversations but even though I had the great conversation with the great people I still could not get them to take a picture for me even though I told, the reasoning behind that. One conversation that opened my eyes was with this man who politely turned my request down but he told me I should talk to this man I normally see just sleeping at on of the benches infront of the cafeteria. I asked the man why I should and he said because this is the place he sleeps in between his three jobs he has just to support him self. After hearing this I was blessed to have the life that I have now. Since I could not find a subject for that day I showed up on Friday around 12 o'clock and was fortunate to talk to some more awesome people and got a individual to be in my project. The first person who volunteered was a 19 year old named Brandon who is a hardworking kid that is in a unfortunate situation. He told me he is determined to get out of this mess and go to school. He also told me that he enjoys playing the guitar and owns a 1989 fender guitar, and also enjoys listening to country music. I also met a man who has issues with memory, he never told me his name but said he would love to be in my art project because he loves art. He also has a strong passion for God and the Christian life style, and wants to spend the rest of his life spreading the word of Jesus. I'm conflicted on if I should use him because I feel he might have forgotten who I was and why I took his picture. I would love to continue this project because I felt like even though I didn't get everyone's picture I created a bond with the people there and felt like my project embodied what the St. Francis house is.


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