I was really shocked and saddened to hear of the death of Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Especially the circumstances of his death from an apparent drug overdose. But it immediately brought to mind the recent photography exhibit I saw at the Rubixcube in Maboneng. Jono Wood spent months in the park in Hillbrow in order to gain the trust of the homeless drug-addicted people who live there. He finally did and the result is a poignent and honest series of portraits of people just trying to live another day.
It is brutal but it is true. Go see it.
And while you're at it, be kind to one another. You never know what demons someone is concealing right below the surface of their smiling face. You do not have to go the park to find someone struggling with addiction or depression, to see someone in pain. Your understanding or acknowledgement, your small act of kindness and forgiveness could help someone take another step. One step at a time.
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