“I couldn’t really find things to capture for negatives, because honestly I am just grateful. When you’re grateful for what you have, you don’t really complain. Looking out for people is also good. You know, having the opportunity to be someone's blessing is gift.”
STRENGTHS &
CHALLENGES
“This right here is a saying that always says something to me. What I see.. People come in and gather, and there is still light there. I see truth coming out there. And I love it – While I breathe, I hope.”
That’s the path of hope. That's the path that leads down here to the Place of Hope, so I feel like when you’re walking through here, this is a place to try to give you a breath of fresh air, and even try to make you feel like you’re even something or somebody. And try to – this is the path of trying to get yourself on track. Then you want to be off the streets. That’s what I see when I see the Path of Hope.”
“That is my strength. Nick and Christy. Yup, they are always there. Especially Nick, I've known him for a long time. He’s always been there when I need something. They check on me; they care for me. I took a picture of them because they’ve always got me.
“it’s a temporary fix and a chronic stumbling block.”
“in this, I wanted to catch the construction site. In homelessness, you find yourself at ground zero and you have to build. It’s only temporary, you gotta just stay at it and if you can be strong through it, you might have something at the end. Each and every day, you have to get yourself up and remind yourself that if you don’t come to your construction site, it’s just going to be left there. So add positivity to it, and try to rebuild, and hopefully you can make something of it.”
“And that is what I call the Sorrow Chair. A lot of people sit here and they cry, this is their place of solitude. That’s where they go, I’ve seen many people sit here and cry. I’ve seen people sit there and just look lost. It’s like, you see no hope in their eyes. That’s why I call it the sorrow chair, when you sit here, you’re beat. You feel like you just want to give up.”
Mental Health is a challenge. Pretty self-explanatory, you know, it’s something that virtually all the homeless deal with. It’s a challenge, all day, every day.
“I took this picture because Greenville really looks at its homeless people as pests. They think we cause a lot of problems here. Instead of trying to help, it feels like they’re trying to exterminate us. I tied the bow around here because I am homeless, but I don’t look homeless. A lot of people don’t know I am homeless. But at the same time, just because we’re small and insignificant to certain people, we still matter.”
