A black and white photo of a downtown city street with a large condominium building in the background. In the foreground is a temporary shelter constructed of shopping carts, cardboard boxes, and other found objects. It is anchored on a piece of municipal public art. Next to it sits a city bike. The occupant is no where to be found. The contrast between the rigorous grid of the established building and the chaotic architecture of the street shelter is stark. The municipal artwork bridges both in a design that incorporates structure and formality, but also contains elements of flexibility, randomness, and gaps through which each side can permeate to the other.
We need to do better. As the world enters into another spiral of violence and death, fuelled by the avarice and hate and sociopathy of old men clinging to power and the sycophantic cultists in their wakes, those already struggling will undoubtedly struggle more. Some will lose that struggle… 1/5