Life circumstances can put people on the street: unemployment, mental health problems, a spell in prison, a gradual build-up of debt, illness and disability, post-traumatic stress disorder. The stories of people who are homeless are both individual and varied. What do you suppose this person’s story is? What might his tattoos mean?
Art and Images (continued)
Here we look at more images of home and homelessness. Continue to consider what the pictures suggest to you or remind you of. What ideas come to mind? Some of these pictures might inspire and engage you; others might challenge or disturb you.
You might like to take or find some photographs of your own and create a collage or album for you or your group to look at. You could perhaps put copies of the pictures around your own group space so that you move around to look at or compare them. In your journey through these resources you could also write down some thoughts and ideas in your journal or blog or, if you are doing this in a group, write some words reflecting your thoughts on a piece of paper.
Ben