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...first day of the elections was a special voting day for those in hospitals, old age homes and prisons. As a monitor, I was assigned to a mobile voting station which took ballot papers, ballot boxes and cardboard ballot booths to voters in their hospital beds. It was one of the most moving experiences of my life...
...think of the homeless as philosopher kings who rule the universe in their minds: they're just poor bastards without a place to sleep. We are not at all surprised when disillusionment sets in. When the exiled courtiers come to their senses and realize that life in a cardboard box sucks, they look more stupid than worldly-wise...
...Indiana, I grew up as the only Hispanic, conservative or otherwise, in my town. My parents, who are form Honduras, raised me with American ideals. The most significant of these is to look at other as individuals rather than as cardboard stereotypes. So just because my last name ends with a vowel does not mean I have to be a Democrat...
...sleuthing revealed that Adams House offers the most diversity to the discerning palate. Entire shelves of cereal boxes (the Adams hauteur demands the classic elegance of the cardboard box, instead of the plastic turn-and-grind dispensers present in almost all other houses) form a spectrum of brandnames as varied as the house's inhabitants...
Howe speaks about his materials, subjects and studio time with a certain humility, recounting how in his college days he painted on cardboard because he couldn't afford canvas, or calling one of his sketchier pieces a "naptime painting" because he created it when his toddler was a sleep. Although Howe is not a professional artist and has a different full-time career, he considers himself a very serious painter. This admirable dedication and unique painterly vision shines through in his work...