Month: March 2018
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Stranger 71/100 – Paola
Stranger 71/100 – Paola While at Freedom Park shooting some video for a project, I ran into our next stranger who was waiting for a client. Meet Paola. What brings you to Freedom Park? “I’m doing a photo shoot. I’m a photographer as well. I have some people coming to take some family photos.” What…
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Stranger 70/100 – Julio
Stranger 70/100 – Julio “Turn off your tech, and go outside and make love.” Meet Julio. “I’m currently an artist in residence at the McColl Center.” What kind of art do you do? “My background is in illustration, and I’m self taught. As I come across new techniques and new materials, I typically work with…
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Stranger 69/100 – Ben
Stranger 69/100 – Ben While talking with Reggie (stranger #26), I noticed our next stranger walking by and had to approach him. Meet Ben. “I just got here. I was living in London so… I’ve been here before, and I liked it.” Just visiting? “No, actually, I think I’m going to probably move here for…
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Stranger 68/100 – Shima
Stranger 68/100 – Shima “We’re from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, so we’ve come a long way.” Meet Shima. “So, we’re here for this convention (Termis, a medical convention focusing on regenerative medicine) as poets… we’re spoken word poets. We’re doing poems on stem cell therapy and regenerative tissue engineering.” Now how does poetry relate to that?…
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Stranger 67/100 – Remedy
“Hope, peace and happiness… that’s what I feel. That’s all the lesson we need right now.” Meet Remedy. Remedy, his real name, was born and raised in Charlotte and is a supervisor working at the airport. What advice would you give to your younger self? “Pursue your dreams and be steadfast in them… that’s what…
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Stranger 66/100 – Doug
What brings you uptown? “Just homelessness…” Meet Doug. How long have you been homeless? “This stint… I’ve been about three months out here.” What advice would you give to your younger self? “Stay in school… I stayed through high school just enough to graduate, and then I had to get away… from my father. My…
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Stranger 65/100 – Jessie
What brings you uptown? “Painting.” Meet Jessie. “Yeah, I used to paint a lot of people. I used to paint a lot of trees and stuff. I really want to be an architect, but they do a lot of computer work, so I don’t like that fact. I would rather take the same aspect of…
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Stranger 64/100 – Brittany
Our next stranger certainly sticks out from the crowd. Meet Brittany. What advice would you give to your younger self? “Be patient. Things aren’t always going to happen when you want them to happen. Things just gotta happen the way they want to.” So you believe in fate I guess? “Something like that, yeah.” What…
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Stranger 63/100 – Victoria
I met our next stranger as she was out with her fiancé, stranger #62 Tyler. Meet Victoria. “I am a student, and we just moved up here a few months ago. We were walking around trying to get lunch.” What advice would you give to your younger self? “Probably be more confident in myself. A…
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Stranger 62/100 – Tyler
I ran into our next stranger while he was out getting ready to have lunch with his fiancé. Meet Tyler. Tyler is originally from the Northeast and has lived in Charlotte for about two years. What kind of work do you do? “I work in technology.” What advice would you give to your younger self?…