Model?

A few months ago, walking down Bedford Ave in Brooklyn, I was tapped on the shoulder and asked if I could be photographed for a magazine.  I said sure and was brought over to a brick wall to have my photo snapped.  The issue's theme is Us Vs Them, the section I appear in is Brooklyn vs Manhattan, apparently looking at the differences in fashion (although Bedford Ave is so ever skewed).

I always joke about a possible career in modeling and it was funny this happened.  Just another NYC experience.

Returned

When I traveled to Mississippi to make The South Lost The Civil War I always felt the sense of leaving, returning home, at the time being Orlando FL.  Now living in Brooklyn, NY I feel like I couldn't be further from the south, the heritage I've so terribly dealt with; until my father found documents.  These documents show another heritage, a northern heritage.  It seems my fathers side of the family resided in North Brooklyn, just a few miles from where I now live.  The addresses show Greenpoint, a historically Polish neighborhood, and Bushwick which was once Polish and now predominately Puerto Rican.

Having always known about my Polish heritage, but never seeing the proof, the document, always gave me a disconnected feeling.  Today it feels different, living in New York City and still feeling like an outsider, never able to understand the life here, but having the proof of roots.

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