Unseen Routes
- added September 8, 2006
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Most people try to avoid the homeless. They smell, get drunk and are always asking for handouts. Always boring us with their pointless stories about nothing. Life's tough all over so what makes them so special? Have they no pride? How did they get to such a lowly state, anyway? Maybe hes just crazy and a big fat liar.<br><br>
José Villamil is no bum. He doesnt drink (much), he doesnt smell and he doesnt beg. He doesn't consider himself homeless at all, in fact, merely keyless. He's seen shocking horrors that would've broken lesser men and yet he survives. And joining him on his journey is a piece of driftwood that he found on the beach. Her name is Tis ('Tis a wonderful thing). Shes angelic, hell tell you as he points out all the figures and faces in the knots and shape of the wood. <br><br>
People love to hear him show her off and tell once more about the day he found her, the day she called to him and showed to him the one universal truth, that Love is Law. <br><br>
He may sleep under the stars on a blanket in the sand, but hes clean, he has friendshell, he even has an email account, which he checks at a local café where everyone knows and loves him. <br><br>
He may have traveled unseen routes and floated along like driftwood, but hes found a home after all. Hes put down roots even if you cant see them. And his story of triumph by uncommon means may help shed some light on all the unseen parts of humanity. It may also be a case of pathology the likes of which you have rarely seen. A driftwood log that speaks to him and contains, among other things, an image of Jesus?? But I can tell you that he behaves as if it were true. And his story never wavers no matter how often you grill him. Are the lies he tells himself any different from the ones we all tell ourselves to survive? Perhaps the tolerance here is one towards mental illness. Or just storytelling. Is your B.S. meter going off the scale? <br><br>
No, you dont have to tolerate Jose because his heart is big enough for the rest of us. We should all be so tolerant. <br><br>
After-word: Upon seeing his life presented like this he got the courage to reconnect with his family and, last I heard, went to live with them. Perhaps his "tolerance" for his rootless life reached its peak and he just needed the mirror of film to see it. <br><br>
Most people try to avoid the homeless. They smell, get drunk and are always asking for handouts. Always boring us with their pointless stories about nothing. Life's tough all over so what makes them so special? Have they no pride? How did they get to such a lowly state, anyway? Maybe hes just crazy and a big fat liar.<br><br>
José Villamil is no bum. He doesnt drink (much), he doesnt smell and he doesnt beg. He doesn't consider himself homeless at all, in fact, merely keyless. He's seen shocking horrors that would've broken lesser men and yet he survives. And joining him on his journey is a piece of driftwood that he found on the beach. Her name is Tis ('Tis a wonderful thing). Shes angelic, hell tell you as he points out all the figures and faces in the knots and shape of the wood. <br><br>
People love to hear him show her off and tell once more about the day he found her, the day she called to him and showed to him the one universal truth, that Love is Law. <br><br>
He may sleep under the stars on a blanket in the sand, but hes clean, he has friendshell, he even has an email account, which he checks at a local café where everyone knows and loves him. <br><br>
He may have traveled unseen routes and floated along like driftwood, but hes found a home after all. Hes put down roots even if you cant see them. And his story of triumph by uncommon means may help shed some light on all the unseen parts of humanity. It may also be a case of pathology the likes of which you have rarely seen. A driftwood log that speaks to him and contains, among other things, an image of Jesus?? But I can tell you that he behaves as if it were true. And his story never wavers no matter how often you grill him. Are the lies he tells himself any different from the ones we all tell ourselves to survive? Perhaps the tolerance here is one towards mental illness. Or just storytelling. Is your B.S. meter going off the scale? <br><br>
No, you dont have to tolerate Jose because his heart is big enough for the rest of us. We should all be so tolerant. <br><br>
After-word: Upon seeing his life presented like this he got the courage to reconnect with his family and, last I heard, went to live with them. Perhaps his "tolerance" for his rootless life reached its peak and he just needed the mirror of film to see it. <br><br>
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- GeoffreyMe
- 09/08/06
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Is this guy for real? A piece of driftwood speaks to him? I think somebody might be smoking something.
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I guess we can't know other people's minds. He believes it. He's friendly and social. What's the harm? Thanks for the comment.
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- GeoffreyMe
- 11/02/06
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"Always boring us with their pointless stories about nothing."
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I've been quoted back to myself--what a proud day!
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