Blog post #6

Ricardo Castro

Art

05/19/14

At least once a day a traveling New Yorker has an encounter with a homeless person. Whether it is on the train or on the street, however most people never stop and think about how bad they must have it at the moment, or let alone acknowledge them. I feel as if when homeless people ask for some help or try and explain their situation many people just turn a blind eye. Leaving the homeless person to feel like a ghost in a train cart or on the street. I strongly believe homeless people should be recognized more, because they’ve endured more then many people can begin to believe. Whether they were former soldiers for the military, or someone who has succumbed into the grasp of drug addiction, they all have a story to tell. If I were to dedicate a monument to homeless people I would design it to be several hands that are high reaching out for a hand that is on the low. To symbolize that if people took time in their day to help others then the world wouldn’t be such a bad place. That one person can make a difference, but a group of people can make change.

The monument would be made of melted change to symbolize that a little bit of change could help someone in that dilemma out by tenfolds, and also to literally represent change. If I had to choose where this monument would be placed I would pick a wealthy neighborhood in hopes that it would impact those people and maybe inspire them to actually want to make change. I truly believe everyone should be entitled to food and a place to stay no matter what their situation is.