The community that I live in (Camphill Village Copake) supports several communities in India. Those communities, like us, create dignified life situations for people of differing abilities. My wife and I visited in January and I thought to show two photos here. The first is a gentleman who tore all of his clothes, picked everything in the house apart for years until a clever colleague gave him palm fronds and said:"you can make brooms." Now he sits on the front step of the house all day, content and happy, picking palm fronds apart which are then turned into brooms for the community. He is very proud of his brooms.
The second gentleman has Downs Syndrome and lives in a very impoverished village that receives support from one of our communities. He is sitting in front of his family's house, that is his father at work on the left - but look at that smile! That is how he greets everyone and invites them in for tea.
In these strange times I thought it might be nice for more people to see that smile.
Richard
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Loc: Bucks County, Pa.
Good captures and great stories.
Thank you for the emotional stories behind those beautiful photos.
Your sensitivity to the backstory speaks volumes of your character.
Your “character” is that which will eventually set Your photos apart from others!
Wonderful. Photos and back story.
Rineal wrote:
The community that I live in (Camphill Village Copake) supports several communities in India. Those communities, like us, create dignified life situations for people of differing abilities. My wife and I visited in January and I thought to show two photos here. The first is a gentleman who tore all of his clothes, picked everything in the house apart for years until a clever colleague gave him palm fronds and said:"you can make brooms." Now he sits on the front step of the house all day, content and happy, picking palm fronds apart which are then turned into brooms for the community. He is very proud of his brooms.
The second gentleman has Downs Syndrome and lives in a very impoverished village that receives support from one of our communities. He is sitting in front of his family's house, that is his father at work on the left - but look at that smile! That is how he greets everyone and invites them in for tea.
In these strange times I thought it might be nice for more people to see that smile.
Richard
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Wonderful story. Nice shots
Rineal wrote:
The community that I live in (Camphill Village Copake) supports several communities in India. Those communities, like us, create dignified life situations for people of differing abilities. My wife and I visited in January and I thought to show two photos here. The first is a gentleman who tore all of his clothes, picked everything in the house apart for years until a clever colleague gave him palm fronds and said:"you can make brooms." Now he sits on the front step of the house all day, content and happy, picking palm fronds apart which are then turned into brooms for the community. He is very proud of his brooms.
The second gentleman has Downs Syndrome and lives in a very impoverished village that receives support from one of our communities. He is sitting in front of his family's house, that is his father at work on the left - but look at that smile! That is how he greets everyone and invites them in for tea.
In these strange times I thought it might be nice for more people to see that smile.
Richard
The community that I live in (Camphill Village Cop... (
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Nice shots, and storyline. You can't help but feel the joy expressed by the second gentleman! Very serene and uplifting.
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