This poor fellow obviously was dealing with many issues. Couldn't really tell if there are/were substance abuse issues, but certainly he was suffering from a major mental illness. My guess is that the artistic release of carving is something that he requires. He really liked telling me about his sculptures, explaining that they were like sculptures "from the renaissance" over and over.
Anyway, thanks for taking the time to comment.
cheers, frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: "Bill Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: PAW #8 - The Soap Carver Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 11:01:23 -0500
Frank,
Interesting photograph, but IMO, somewhat disturbing. This appears to be a homeless person with a lot of artistic talent. It's a shame to see someone with such talent living under such circumstances.
Bill
----- Original Message ----- From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 5:49 PM Subject: PAW #8 - The Soap Carver
> Took this one about a year ago, but I'm just getting it printed up for the
> first time:
>
> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2251211
>
> This is kind of part one of two - another print from the same session is
> ready tomorrow.
>
> I always like comments, suggestions and critiques. Thanks!
>
> cheers,
> frank
>
> "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The
pessimist
> fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
>
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