Being portrayed in the Street
On may, 10, Wednesday a curious thing happened. I was leaving the building where I study after an exam when I saw a guy at the bottom of an statue that stands in front of the building, in the middle of a Square. He had short dreadlocks, beard, was wearing a T-shirt, bermuda shorts but I didn't note what type of shoes he was wearing. In his hands he brought a clipboard with some draws and a pencil (a charcoal pencil according to my bro when he saw the drawing). Actually I didn't see him but he saw me.
He talked to me, introduced himself in "Portunhol" (Portuguese + Spanish), told me he was from Colombia and asked me if I would accept a draw of myself and I could give a "heart contribuition back". I accepted, so I sat down there at the bottom of José Bonifácio Statue in front of him and awaited the result. In the meantime I was observing the Square surroundings, curious people spying the drawing and expressing their evalution in their faces, people who live in the Streets or use that space the most of time for some reason (Idk how I could translate an expression used in Brazil to refer to people who "are" the Street but we use the word "situação" (situation), not just because at least who studies about this population understand they're not necessarily homeless but exist other reasons as the initiative of don't have a look from a "lack" or something like that. Indeed people who are in the Street are very diverse and is extremely difficult for example think a public policy who attends most of them).
Anyway, I was there trying to keep myself stopped, observing the Square surroundings and wating the result. I guess that all the process took more or less 20 minutes and the result is attached. I just saw Jorge (his name) there that day and since then nevermore.
For the first time I wrote a short text. Or I believe so.
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Being portrayed in the Street
On May 10th, a curious thing happened. I was leaving the building where I study after an exam when I saw a guy standing in the front. He had short dreadlocks, beard, was wearing a T-shirt, and bermuda shorts but I didn't note what type of shoes he was wearing. In his hands, he brought a clipboard with some drawings and a pencil (a charcoal pencil according to my bro when he saw the drawing). Actually, I didn't see him but he saw me.He talked to me, introduced himself in "Portunhol" (Portuguese + Spanish), told me he was from Colombia and asked me if I would accept a drawing of myself and I could give a "heart contribution back". I accepted, sat down there at the bottom of José Bonifácio Statue, in front of him and awaited the result. In the meantime, I was observing the Square's surroundings. curious people spies the drawing, and expressing their evaluation in their faces. People who live in the streets or use that space the most of time for some reason (Idk how I could translate an expression used in Brazil to refer to people who "are" the Street but we use the word "situação" (situation), not just because at least who studies about this population understand they're not necessarily homeless but exist other reasons as the initiative of don't have a look from a "lack" or something like that. Indeed people who are in the Street are very diverse and is extremely difficult for example think a public policy who attends most of them).
Anyway, I was there trying to keep myself stopped(calm?), observing the Square's surroundings and waiting for the result. I guess that all the process took about 20 minutes and the result is attached. That was the first and last day i saw Jorge.
Hope this helps!. The sentences i highlighted were a bit confusing and i didn't know where you were going with it. Other than that, i like the drawing! I myself am a painter and have asked random people if i could paint them(for free).
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